---
name: "Monstrous Carabid"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "2e29025e-6954-4fbd-933f-81c2309c704e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/monstrous-carabid-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Monstrous Carabid
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Cycling {B/R} ({B/R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *当整个时空的掠食者遇上四个时空的猎物，会发生什么事？*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lurching Rotbeast](/printing/lurching-rotbeast-hou.md) — Creature — Zombie Beast
2. [Barkhide Mauler](/printing/barkhide-mauler-ons.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Deadshot Minotaur](/printing/deadshot-minotaur-arb.md) — Creature — Minotaur
4. [Desert Cerodon](/printing/desert-cerodon-akh.md) — Creature — Beast
5. [Bloodrock Cyclops](/printing/bloodrock-cyclops-jmp.md) — Creature — Cyclops
6. [Horror of the Broken Lands](/printing/horror-of-the-broken-lands-akh.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #43
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **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`