---
name: "Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Skeleton Horror"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Vigilance", "Descend", "Menace"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "242"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Steven Belledin"
oracle_id: "36bfcc4a-7f66-4649-ab6b-18d360299d46"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/uchbenbak-the-great-mistake-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Skeleton Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/4
- **Keywords:** Vigilance, Descend, Menace

## Oracle Text
Vigilance, menace
Descend 8 — {4}{U}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Chitinous Crawler](/printing/chitinous-crawler-ylci.md) — Creature — Insect Horror
2. [Resurrected Cultist](/printing/resurrected-cultist-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire](/printing/grim-reaper-lethal-legionnaire-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
4. [Wail of the Forgotten](/printing/wail-of-the-forgotten-lci.md) — Sorcery
5. [Council of Echoes](/printing/council-of-echoes-lci.md) — Creature — Spirit Advisor
6. [Reassembling Skeleton](/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #242
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Steven Belledin
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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