---
name: "Zombie Boa"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Snake"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "APC"
set_name: "Apocalypse"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "c4949d62-c2f9-4425-a77e-444824955ecc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zombie-boa-apc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Zombie Boa
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{1}{B}: Choose a color. Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature of that color this turn, destroy that creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deathgazer](/printing/deathgazer-8ed.md) — Creature — Lizard
2. [Phyrexian Reaper](/printing/phyrexian-reaper-inv.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
3. [Big Boa Constrictor](/printing/big-boa-constrictor-ust.md) — Host Creature — Snake
4. [Tsabo's Assassin](/printing/tsabos-assassin-inv.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Assassin
5. [Serpent Assassin](/printing/serpent-assassin-por.md) — Creature — Snake Assassin
6. [Marauding Boneslasher](/printing/marauding-boneslasher-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie Minotaur

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Apocalypse (APC) #54
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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