---
name: "The Infamous Cruelclaw"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Weasel Mercenary"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "334"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Iain McCaig"
oracle_id: "e229d55c-9513-437d-bd67-015ac46aaa18"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-infamous-cruelclaw-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Infamous Cruelclaw
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Weasel Mercenary
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever The Infamous Cruelclaw deals combat damage to a player, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by discarding a card rather than paying its mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Predators' Hour](/printing/predators-hour-otc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Reno and Rude](/printing/reno-and-rude-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
3. [Klaw, Master of Sound](/printing/klaw-master-of-sound-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental Rogue Villain
4. [Black Widow, Super Spy](/printing/black-widow-super-spy-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Spy Hero
5. [Rogue Class](/printing/rogue-class-afr.md) — Enchantment — Class
6. [Cruelclaw's Heist](/printing/cruelclaws-heist-pblb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #334
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Iain McCaig
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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