---
name: "Predatory Sludge"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Ooze"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace", "Conjure"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Peter Polach"
oracle_id: "6c95edf1-4afe-4573-909b-b6154e66b985"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/predatory-sludge-ymid"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Predatory Sludge
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Ooze
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Menace, Conjure

## Oracle Text
Menace
As Predatory Sludge enters the battlefield, choose a permanent you don't control. When the chosen permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, conjure a card named Predatory Sludge into your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mephidross Slime](/printing/mephidross-slime-yone.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Ooze
2. [Veteran Ghoulcaller](/printing/veteran-ghoulcaller-ymid.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Fludge, Gunk Guardian](/printing/fludge-gunk-guardian-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Slug Ooze
4. [Sheoldred's Assimilator](/printing/sheoldreds-assimilator-yone.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
5. [Slogurk, the Overslime](/printing/slogurk-the-overslime-dbl.md) — Legendary Creature — Ooze
6. [Scavenging Ooze](/printing/scavenging-ooze-m21.md) — Creature — Ooze

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #30
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Peter Polach

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