---
name: "Zellix, Sanity Flayer"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Horror"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Choose a background", "Hive Mind", "Mill"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "652"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "4dde484a-8d5b-4eb6-ab4a-e30cc370431c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zellix-sanity-flayer-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Zellix, Sanity Flayer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Choose a background, Hive Mind, Mill

## Oracle Text
Hive Mind — Whenever a player mills one or more creature cards, you create a 1/1 black Horror creature token.
{1}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker](/printing/sivriss-nightmare-speaker-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Cleric Warlock
3. [Homarid Explorer](/printing/homarid-explorer-dom.md) — Creature — Homarid Scout
4. [Manic Scribe](/printing/manic-scribe-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Laboratory Brute](/printing/laboratory-brute-emn.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
6. [Halo-Charged Skaab](/printing/halo-charged-skaab-mom.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #652
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 15 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: `not_legal`