---
name: "Spinal Villain"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "990c0359-c2d6-4a3c-aa0b-1904da805e15"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spinal-villain-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spinal Villain
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
{T}: Destroy target blue creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Slingshot Goblin](/printing/slingshot-goblin-pls.md) — Creature — Goblin
2. [Parch](/printing/parch-ulg.md) — Instant
3. [Red Elemental Blast](/printing/red-elemental-blast-30a.md) — Instant
4. [Evaporate](/printing/evaporate-hml.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ravenous Chupacabra](/printing/ravenous-chupacabra-rix.md) — Creature — Beast Horror
6. [Jaya Ballard, Task Mage](/printing/jaya-ballard-task-mage-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Spellshaper

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #164
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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