---
name: "Starving Revenant"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Surveil", "Descend"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "338"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jorge Gutierrez Garcia"
oracle_id: "2ca969eb-3d79-4d1f-8d9d-7b8204ad166a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/starving-revenant-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Starving Revenant
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Descend

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life.
Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sanguine Spy](/printing/sanguine-spy-snc.md) — Creature — Vampire Rogue
2. [Master of Death](/printing/master-of-death-pmh2.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
3. [Stinging Cave Crawler](/printing/stinging-cave-crawler-lci.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
4. [Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake](/printing/uchbenbak-the-great-mistake-lci.md) — Legendary Creature — Skeleton Horror
5. [Echo of Dusk](/printing/echo-of-dusk-lci.md) — Creature — Vampire Spirit
6. [Silversmote Ghoul](/printing/silversmote-ghoul-c21.md) — Creature — Zombie Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #338
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jorge Gutierrez Garcia
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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