---
name: "Nighthowler"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Bestow"]
set: "PTHS"
set_name: "Theros Promos"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "57b3f7fc-1812-4134-a645-6cef48a8aa71"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nighthowler-pths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nighthowler
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0
- **Keywords:** Bestow

## Oracle Text
Bestow {2}{B}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
This creature and enchanted creature each get +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Erebos's Emissary](/printing/ereboss-emissary-ths.md) — Enchantment Creature — Snake
2. [Nyxborn Eidolon](/printing/nyxborn-eidolon-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit
3. [Spiteful Returned](/printing/spiteful-returned-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Zombie
4. [Eidolon of Countless Battles](/printing/eidolon-of-countless-battles-woc.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit
5. [Ghoul's Feast](/printing/ghouls-feast-mmq.md) — Instant
6. [Nyxborn Wolf](/printing/nyxborn-wolf-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Wolf

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Promos (PTHS) #98
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 41 across all historical editions

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