---
name: "Polluted Dead"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "5ffca600-5286-4086-9efe-c398babeb6ae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/polluted-dead-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Polluted Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, destroy target land.

> *After the zombie attack, crops withered on the vine, and the thriving village became a ghost town almost overnight.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cyclopean Giant](/printing/cyclopean-giant-tsp.md) — Creature — Zombie Giant
2. [Helldozer](/printing/helldozer-rav.md) — Creature — Zombie Giant
3. [Dunes of the Dead](/printing/dunes-of-the-dead-hou.md) — Land — Desert
4. [Goblin Gardener](/printing/goblin-gardener-7ed.md) — Creature — Goblin
5. [Cyclopean Titan](/printing/cyclopean-titan-cmb2.md) — Creature — Zombie Giant
6. [Desecrated Earth](/printing/desecrated-earth-zen.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #116
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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