---
name: "Necropolis Fiend"
mana_cost: "{7}{B}{B}"
cmc: 9
type_line: "Creature — Demon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Delve"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "190"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "bb714bc6-9f32-42f6-9064-f28a383675b5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/necropolis-fiend-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Necropolis Fiend
- **Mana Cost:** `{7}{B}{B}` (CMC: 9)
- **Type:** Creature — Demon
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Delve

## Oracle Text
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Flying
{X}, {T}, Exile X cards from your graveyard: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tombstalker](/printing/tombstalker-mma.md) — Creature — Demon
2. [Soulflayer](/printing/soulflayer-pfrf.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Delve too Deep](/printing/delve-too-deep-unk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Literal Delver of Secrets](/printing/literal-delver-of-secrets-unk.md) — Creature — Human Insect
5. [Sultai Scavenger](/printing/sultai-scavenger-ktk.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
6. [Murderous Cut](/printing/murderous-cut-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #190
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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