---
name: "Advanced Hoverguard"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Drone"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "65dc61a4-9052-49d4-bce8-9c16f0339382"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/advanced-hoverguard-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Advanced Hoverguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Drone
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

> *« Ils sont comme leurs maîtres vedalkens, intouchables, distants et omniprésents. » —Bruenna, chef des Neuroks*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hoverguard Observer](/printing/hoverguard-observer-dst.md) — Creature — Drone
2. [Glimmering Angel](/printing/glimmering-angel-inv.md) — Creature — Angel
3. [Frost Raptor](/printing/frost-raptor-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Bird
4. [Aerie Mystics](/printing/aerie-mystics-c13.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Zephid](/printing/zephid-usg.md) — Creature — Illusion
6. [Hover Barrier](/printing/hover-barrier-rtr.md) — Creature — Illusion Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #22
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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