Dreaded Bat-Cloud

The Hobbit #66

Dreaded Bat-Cloud - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Bat

Mana cost: {4}{B}

Card text: This spell costs {3} less to cast if a creature died this turn. Flying, deathtouch

P/T: 4/2

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Andreia Ugrai

"Beneath the thunder another blackness whirled forward, so dense that no light could be seen between their wings."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.17 USD · $0.23 USD (Foil) · €0.06 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Dreaded Bat-Cloud in The Hobbit limited

common

Stir Up Trouble
Stir Up Trouble
Sorcery

Stir Up Trouble destroys a creature, and if any creature dies on the turn you want to cast Dreaded Bat-Cloud, the Bat-Cloud costs {3} less. Stir Up Trouble can set up the cost reduction for the Bat-Cloud in the same turn.

Front Porch Sentries
Front Porch Sentries
Creature — Goblin Soldier

Front Porch Sentries is a creature that can be sacrificed or traded in combat, and when it dies it triggers its own effect while also enabling Dreaded Bat-Cloud's cost reduction. Having a cheap creature that dies easily makes the Bat-Cloud reliably cheaper.

Great Fierce Bee
Great Fierce Bee
Creature — Insect

Great Fierce Bee scries 1 whenever other creatures die, and those same death triggers enable Dreaded Bat-Cloud's cost reduction. Together they turn creature deaths into both card quality and a discounted flying deathtouch threat.

uncommon

Desolation Prowler
Desolation Prowler
Creature — Wolf

Desolation Prowler can pay 2 life to pump itself, and if it dies in combat after pumping, it enables Dreaded Bat-Cloud's cost reduction. Both are aggressive black creatures that pressure opponents.

rare

Head of the Hunt
Head of the Hunt
Creature — Wolf

Head of the Hunt exiles creatures that would die and creates Wolf tokens instead, but when opponent creatures die through other means, Dreaded Bat-Cloud gets its cost reduction. The Wolf tokens Head of the Hunt creates also build board presence alongside the Bat-Cloud.

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