---
name: "Sinister Starfish"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Starfish"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "58321467-41d6-4419-bcb2-cd3e60f677b3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sinister-starfish-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sinister Starfish
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Starfish
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/3
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
{T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

> *"Joga essa aí de volta. Não gostei do jeito como ela está me olhando."
— Netos, pescador meletiano*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Purple Pentapus](/printing/purple-pentapus-tle.md) — Creature — Octopus Starfish
2. [Wretched Doll](/printing/wretched-doll-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Toy
3. [Rummaging Wizard](/printing/rummaging-wizard-ons.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Umbral Collar Zealot](/printing/umbral-collar-zealot-soc.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Sigiled Starfish](/printing/sigiled-starfish-plst.md) — Creature — Starfish
6. [Sinister Hideout](/printing/sinister-hideout-spm.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #99
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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