---
name: "Primordial Gnawer"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Insect Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Discover"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "114"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Maxime Minard"
oracle_id: "80ca6596-9763-4310-b30b-7153ade9f567"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/primordial-gnawer-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Primordial Gnawer
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/2
- **Keywords:** Discover

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, discover 3. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

> *洞窟を這う生き物は、岩だろうが植物だろうが口にできるものなら何でも喰らうが、一番の好物は新鮮な肉である。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists](/printing/ellie-and-alan-paleontologists-rex.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
2. [Digsite Conservator](/printing/digsite-conservator-lci.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome
3. [Insidious Bookworms](/printing/insidious-bookworms-cst.md) — Creature — Worm
4. [Geological Appraiser](/printing/geological-appraiser-lci.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
5. [Burrowing Razormaw](/printing/burrowing-razormaw-bro.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Drainpipe Vermin](/printing/drainpipe-vermin-rtr.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #114
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Maxime Minard
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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