---
name: "Scuttling Death"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Soulshift"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "142"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "f9927216-edf2-4ef7-90eb-447b9e08f7b3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scuttling-death-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scuttling Death
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2
- **Keywords:** Soulshift

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Soulshift 4 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deathknell Kami](/printing/deathknell-kami-sok.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Pus Kami](/printing/pus-kami-bok.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Kami of Empty Graves](/printing/kami-of-empty-graves-sok.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Burr Grafter](/printing/burr-grafter-chk.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Kami of the Tended Garden](/printing/kami-of-the-tended-garden-sok.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Plagued Rusalka](/printing/plagued-rusalka-cns.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #142
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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