---
name: "Pestilent Kathari"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch", "Flying"]
set: "CON"
set_name: "Conflux"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "755ab107-0f65-4536-aa4b-8e9d35a9e524"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pestilent-kathari-con"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pestilent Kathari
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch, Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
{2}{R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tidehollow Strix](/printing/tidehollow-strix-c13.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
2. [Fetid Imp](/printing/fetid-imp-m21.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Deathgaze Cockatrice](/printing/deathgaze-cockatrice-m14.md) — Creature — Cockatrice
4. [Searchlight Geist](/printing/searchlight-geist-avr.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Baleful Strix](/printing/baleful-strix-e01.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
6. [Battlefly Swarm](/printing/battlefly-swarm-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conflux (CON) #50
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **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: `legal`