Printings
Aven Surveyor
Card Information
Type: Creature — Bird Scout
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander Legends (CMR)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 57
Oracle Text
Flying When this creature enters, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- November 24, 2014
If a mode requires a target and there are no legal targets available, that mode can't be chosen. You must choose another mode if able.
Source: wotc - November 24, 2014
You choose which mode you're using as you put the ability on the stack, after the creature has entered the battlefield. Once you've chosen a mode, you can't change that mode even if the creature leaves the battlefield in response to that ability.
Source: wotc
Price History
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