---
name: "Phyrexian Scuta"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "WC01"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 2001"
collector_number: "tvdl51"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "af2845cf-8770-4efa-8a83-bf9eb4122b78"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-scuta-wc01"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Phyrexian Scuta
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker—Pay 3 life. (You may pay 3 life in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ghastly Gloomhunter](/printing/ghastly-gloomhunter-znr.md) — Creature — Zombie Bat
2. [Phyrexian Missionary](/printing/phyrexian-missionary-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Human Cleric
3. [Necravolver](/printing/necravolver-apc.md) — Creature — Volver
4. [Benalish Sleeper](/printing/benalish-sleeper-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Human Soldier
5. [Scourge of the Skyclaves](/printing/scourge-of-the-skyclaves-prm.md) — Creature — Demon
6. [Balduvian Atrocity](/printing/balduvian-atrocity-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 2001 (WC01) #tvdl51
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 18 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`