---
name: "Zombie Cutthroat"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Morph"]
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "a0b6aa7d-a8cd-4af7-8fb2-d2fa0861e123"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zombie-cutthroat-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Morph—Pay 5 life. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

> *La ténacité d'un zombie, la ruse d'un assassin.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spined Basher](/printing/spined-basher-ons.md) — Creature — Zombie Beast
2. [Putrid Raptor](/printing/putrid-raptor-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie Dinosaur Beast
3. [Skinthinner](/printing/skinthinner-lgn.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Haunted Cadaver](/printing/haunted-cadaver-ons.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Sidisi's Pet](/printing/sidisis-pet-ktk.md) — Creature — Zombie Ape
6. [Ruthless Ripper](/printing/ruthless-ripper-prm.md) — Creature — Human Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #81
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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