---
name: "Merrow Bonegnawer"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Rogue"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "dad36dc0-39aa-46f9-819b-cad7a578c037"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/merrow-bonegnawer-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Merrow Bonegnawer
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{T}: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard.
Whenever you cast a black spell, you may untap this creature.

> *Banished to the Dark Meanders for hideous crimes, some merrows find a taste for the darkness . . . and the dead.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Martyr of Bones](/printing/martyr-of-bones-csp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Grimoire Thief](/printing/grimoire-thief-mor.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
3. [Rag Dealer](/printing/rag-dealer-chk.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Carrionette](/printing/carrionette-tmp.md) — Creature — Skeleton
5. [Hollowsage](/printing/hollowsage-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Deadeye Tracker](/printing/deadeye-tracker-pxln.md) — Creature — Human Pirate

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #37
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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