---
name: "Necropolis"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Wall"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "DRK"
set_name: "The Dark"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "NéNé Thomas"
oracle_id: "c84adca4-19dd-432d-a363-e98d3b699af8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/necropolis-drk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Necropolis
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put X +0/+1 counters on this creature, where X is the exiled card's mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wall of Tombstones](/printing/wall-of-tombstones-leg.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Cemetery Gate](/printing/cemetery-gate-hml.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Shifting Wall](/printing/shifting-wall-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall
4. [Wall of Corpses](/printing/wall-of-corpses-mir.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Wall of Nets](/printing/wall-of-nets-exo.md) — Creature — Wall
6. [Carrion Wall](/printing/carrion-wall-8ed.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Dark (DRK) #105
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** NéNé Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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