---
name: "Manticore"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Manticore"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Billy Christian"
oracle_id: "fe35b55e-52ae-428e-b27e-817ee78b5d8c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/manticore-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Manticore
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Manticore
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
Tail Spikes — When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-Manticore](/printing/a-manticore-hbg.md) — Creature — Manticore
2. [Crimson Manticore](/printing/crimson-manticore-5ed.md) — Creature — Manticore
3. [Sawback Manticore](/printing/sawback-manticore-mir.md) — Creature — Manticore
4. [Flailing Manticore](/printing/flailing-manticore-mmq.md) — Creature — Manticore
5. [Manticore of the Gauntlet](/printing/manticore-of-the-gauntlet-akh.md) — Creature — Manticore
6. [Stingblade Assassin](/printing/stingblade-assassin-woe.md) — Creature — Faerie Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #113
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Billy Christian
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`