---
name: "Spinal Centipede"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "43d44a7f-829a-4f4d-9f71-2f4384ddd803"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spinal-centipede-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spinal Centipede
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

> *Die Golgari schmücken sich mit den Exoskeletten schillernder Insekten. Und die Insekten ahmen diese Form der Bewunderung nach.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sparring Construct](/printing/sparring-construct-dom.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
2. [Mortician Beetle](/printing/mortician-beetle-mm3.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Meltstrider Eulogist](/printing/meltstrider-eulogist-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Soldier
4. [Guul Draz Mucklord](/printing/guul-draz-mucklord-znr.md) — Creature — Crocodile
5. [Death's Presence](/printing/deaths-presence-40k.md) — Enchantment
6. [Lawless Broker](/printing/lawless-broker-kld.md) — Creature — Aetherborn Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #86
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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