---
name: "Scandalmonger"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Boar Monger"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "158"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "2d98d8d8-e277-42c4-bf94-dd7d7f2047c3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scandalmonger-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Scandalmonger
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Boar Monger
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{2}: Target player discards a card. Any player may activate this ability but only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corrupt Court Official](/printing/corrupt-court-official-tla.md) — Creature — Human Advisor
2. [Specter's Wail](/printing/specters-wail-mmq.md) — Sorcery
3. [Scepter of Fugue](/printing/scepter-of-fugue-con.md) — Artifact
4. [Urborg Mindsucker](/printing/urborg-mindsucker-vis.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Cinderhaze Wretch](/printing/cinderhaze-wretch-shm.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
6. [Nezumi Bone-Reader](/printing/nezumi-bone-reader-phuk.md) — Creature — Rat Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #158
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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