---
name: "Screamer-Killer"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Tyranid"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Trample", "Bio-Plasmic Scream"]
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Auden Nash"
oracle_id: "fb839b8c-a2b3-42fb-a7a2-8552b7656004"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/screamer-killer-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Screamer-Killer
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Tyranid
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Trample, Bio-Plasmic Scream

## Oracle Text
Trample
Bio-Plasmic Scream — Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, this creature deals 5 damage to any target.

> *Its shriek is unintelligible, but armored bulkheads seem to understand the intent well enough.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Raging Swordtooth](/printing/raging-swordtooth-xln.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Giant Cindermaw](/printing/giant-cindermaw-bro.md) — Creature — Dinosaur Beast
3. [Embermaw Hellion](/printing/embermaw-hellion-pori.md) — Creature — Hellion
4. [Trumpeting Carnosaur](/printing/trumpeting-carnosaur-lci.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
5. [Angry Rabble](/printing/angry-rabble-om1.md) — Creature — Human Citizen
6. [Cinderheart Giant](/printing/cinderheart-giant-khm.md) — Creature — Giant Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #84
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Auden Nash
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`