---
name: "Aven Heartstabber"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Bird Assassin"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Mill"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "166"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "fee73267-b0ef-4f43-a0bd-7728691d6f17"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aven-heartstabber-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aven Heartstabber
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Mill

## Oracle Text
Flying
As long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2 and has deathtouch.
When this creature dies, mill two cards, then draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crow of Dark Tidings](/printing/crow-of-dark-tidings-soi.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird
2. [Gorging Vulture](/printing/gorging-vulture-j22.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Mindshrieker](/printing/mindshrieker-isd.md) — Creature — Spirit Bird
4. [Mindeye Drake](/printing/mindeye-drake-gtc.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Aven Fisher](/printing/aven-fisher-10e.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
6. [Possessed Aven](/printing/possessed-aven-tor.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #166
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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