---
name: "Slaying Mantis"
mana_cost: "{5}{G}{G}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Insect Wrestler"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Fight"]
set: "UND"
set_name: "Unsanctioned"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ben Wootten"
oracle_id: "7f67856a-a3f2-4b1c-b10d-40d786dbc481"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slaying-mantis-und"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Slaying Mantis
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{G}{G}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Wrestler
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Fight

## Oracle Text
Just a second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't move permanents.)
This creature enters by being thrown from a distance of at least three feet.
When this creature enters, it fights each creature an opponent controls that it touched as it entered.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Affectionate Indrik](/printing/affectionate-indrik-jmp.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Magus of the Arena](/printing/magus-of-the-arena-c13.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Giant Mantis](/printing/giant-mantis-mir.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Pheres-Band Brawler](/printing/pheres-band-brawler-thb.md) — Creature — Centaur Warrior
5. [Knife and Death](/printing/knife-and-death-unf.md) — Sorcery
6. [Prey Upon](/printing/prey-upon-uma.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unsanctioned (UND) #69
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ben Wootten
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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