---
name: "Puppet Raiser"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Seek"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "31"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ângelo Bortolini"
oracle_id: "e15e9024-0f84-4200-8105-c0863b2bfd45"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/puppet-raiser-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"
---

# Puppet Raiser
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Seek

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target creature card from your graveyard. If you do, seek a creature card with mana value equal to the mana value of that card plus one. That card perpetually gains menace.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ghoulraiser](/printing/ghoulraiser-isd.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Graf Harvest](/printing/graf-harvest-j22.md) — Enchantment
3. [Havengul Runebinder](/printing/havengul-runebinder-ddq.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Boneclad Necromancer](/printing/boneclad-necromancer-j25.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Lord of the Accursed](/printing/lord-of-the-accursed-gnt.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Withered Wretch](/printing/withered-wretch-hop.md) — Creature — Zombie Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #31
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ângelo Bortolini

## 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`