---
name: "Aven Battle Priest"
mana_cost: "{5}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Bird Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ORI-6"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Severin Brassell"
oracle_id: "696fb1fa-5535-4f73-8235-ad4416dcfdd0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aven-battle-priest-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aven Battle Priest
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.

> *When the shadow of the aven falls across the battlefield, hope rises in the hearts of the soldiers.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aven of Enduring Hope](/printing/aven-of-enduring-hope-hou.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
2. [Aven Gagglemaster](/printing/aven-gagglemaster-scd.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
3. [Aven Flock](/printing/aven-flock-9ed.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
4. [Aven Cloudchaser](/printing/aven-cloudchaser-8ed.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
5. [Aven Skirmisher](/printing/aven-skirmisher-frf.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
6. [Aven Redeemer](/printing/aven-redeemer-lgn.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ORI-6
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Severin Brassell
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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