---
name: "Profaner of the Dead"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Snake Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Exploit"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "DTK-70"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Vincent Proce"
oracle_id: "e6bfac15-ec3c-4a55-946a-0b4514eabafd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/profaner-of-the-dead-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Profaner of the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Exploit

## Oracle Text
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, return to their owners' hands all creatures your opponents control with toughness less than the exploited creature's toughness.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sidisi's Faithful](/printing/sidisis-faithful-dtk.md) — Creature — Snake Wizard
2. [Gurmag Drowner](/printing/gurmag-drowner-dtk.md) — Creature — Snake Wizard
3. [Loathsome Curator](/printing/loathsome-curator-mh2.md) — Creature — Gorgon Wizard
4. [Silumgar Butcher](/printing/silumgar-butcher-dtk.md) — Creature — Zombie Djinn
5. [Minister of Pain](/printing/minister-of-pain-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
6. [Qarsi Sadist](/printing/qarsi-sadist-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #DTK-70
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Vincent Proce
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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