---
name: "Animus of Predation"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Avatar"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "60"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Wright"
oracle_id: "70ff487d-96b3-4322-9975-59bf3c6b517f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/animus-of-predation-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Animus of Predation
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
Draft this card face up.
As you draft a card, you may remove it from the draft face up. (It isn't in your card pool.)
If you removed a creature card with flying from the draft with cards named Animus of Predation, this creature has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, and vigilance.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Archdemon of Paliano](/printing/archdemon-of-paliano-cn2.md) — Creature — Demon
2. [Illusionary Informant](/printing/illusionary-informant-cn2.md) — Creature — Bird Illusion
3. [Leovold's Operative](/printing/leovolds-operative-cn2.md) — Creature — Elf Rogue
4. [Cogwork Grinder](/printing/cogwork-grinder-cns.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Agent of Acquisitions](/printing/agent-of-acquisitions-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Spire Phantasm](/printing/spire-phantasm-cn2.md) — Creature — Gargoyle Illusion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #60
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Wright
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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