---
name: "Startle"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Craig J Spearing"
oracle_id: "7996222e-68c8-4a5c-9531-c60cdd88ae05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/startle-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Startle
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shocking Grasp](/printing/shocking-grasp-hbg.md) — Instant
2. [Zombie Infestation](/printing/zombie-infestation-plst.md) — Enchantment
3. [Chill of the Grave](/printing/chill-of-the-grave-dbl.md) — Instant
4. [Skirk Ridge Exhumer](/printing/skirk-ridge-exhumer-fut.md) — Creature — Zombie Spellshaper
5. [Afflict](/printing/afflict-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Feast or Famine](/printing/feast-or-famine-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #78
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Craig J Spearing
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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