---
name: "Relentless Skaabs"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Undying"]
set: "DDQ"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "5089cd0f-1338-4ecd-bb1b-664d7e72f8fc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/relentless-skaabs-ddq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Relentless Skaabs
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Undying

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Headless Skaab](/printing/headless-skaab-dka.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
2. [Possessed Skaab](/printing/possessed-skaab-pio.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Makeshift Mauler](/printing/makeshift-mauler-inr.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
4. [Butcher Ghoul](/printing/butcher-ghoul-ddq.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Skaab Ruinator](/printing/skaab-ruinator-isd.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
6. [Sightless Ghoul](/printing/sightless-ghoul-dka.md) — Creature — Zombie Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #46
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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