---
name: "Noxious Ghoul"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOP"
set_name: "Planechase"
collector_number: "35"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Luca Zontini"
oracle_id: "602e421e-afab-4488-8a52-af66b4fdce4b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/noxious-ghoul-hop"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Noxious Ghoul
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature or another Zombie enters, all non-Zombie creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *Plague and death wrapped in one convenient package.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Festering Goblin](/printing/festering-goblin-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
2. [Shambling Goblin](/printing/shambling-goblin-cn2.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
3. [Grim Physician](/printing/grim-physician-thb.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Rank and File](/printing/rank-and-file-ulg.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Farbog Boneflinger](/printing/farbog-boneflinger-cn2.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Nefashu](/printing/nefashu-hop.md) — Creature — Zombie Mutant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planechase (HOP) #35
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Luca Zontini
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`