---
name: "Undead Gladiator"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Barbarian"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "A25"
set_name: "Masters 25"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "4da2425d-2118-4116-855d-2ef80693a7b7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/undead-gladiator-a25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Undead Gladiator
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Barbarian
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
{1}{B}, Discard a card: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.
Cycling {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *The Cabal loves encores.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Viscera Dragger](/printing/viscera-dragger-ala.md) — Creature — Zombie Ogre Warrior
2. [Grixis Sojourners](/printing/grixis-sojourners-arb.md) — Creature — Zombie Ogre
3. [Project Deathlok Soldier](/printing/project-deathlok-soldier-msh.md) — Artifact Creature — Zombie Soldier
4. [Gempalm Polluter](/printing/gempalm-polluter-drc.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Undertaker](/printing/undertaker-tsb.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
6. [Lurching Rotbeast](/printing/lurching-rotbeast-hou.md) — Creature — Zombie Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters 25 (A25) #112
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 29 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: `legal`