---
name: "Sinuous Vermin"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Rat Horror"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Monstrosity"]
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jason Kang"
oracle_id: "658f5cfb-326d-4da9-a39b-2ecd393a1f54"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sinuous-vermin-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sinuous Vermin
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat Horror
- **Keywords:** Monstrosity

## Oracle Text
{3}{B}{B}: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ravenous Leucrocota](/printing/ravenous-leucrocota-cn2.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Elephant-Rat](/printing/elephant-rat-tle.md) — Creature — Elephant Rat
3. [Skittering Crustacean](/printing/skittering-crustacean-cn2.md) — Creature — Crab
4. [Keepsake Gorgon](/printing/keepsake-gorgon-cn2.md) — Creature — Gorgon
5. [Ravine Raider](/printing/ravine-raider-blb.md) — Creature — Lizard Rogue
6. [Nessian Asp](/printing/nessian-asp-cn2.md) — Creature — Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jason Kang

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2016-08-23)* Once Sinuous Vermin has been legally blocked by one creature, activating the monstrosity ability to give it menace won’t change or undo that block.