---
name: "Aven Riftwatcher"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Rebel Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Vanishing"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "PLC-1"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Don Hazeltine"
oracle_id: "a4d22abe-87c5-4f6b-ad14-4a7935883169"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aven-riftwatcher-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aven Riftwatcher
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Rebel Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Vanishing

## Oracle Text
Flying
Vanishing 3 (This creature enters with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, you gain 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Chronozoa](/printing/chronozoa-plc.md) — Creature — Illusion
2. [Airdrop Aeronauts](/printing/airdrop-aeronauts-aer.md) — Creature — Dwarf Scout
3. [Night Market Aeronaut](/printing/night-market-aeronaut-aer.md) — Creature — Aetherborn Warrior
4. [Aven of Enduring Hope](/printing/aven-of-enduring-hope-hou.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
5. [Aven Battle Priest](/printing/aven-battle-priest-plst.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
6. [Aven Farseer](/printing/aven-farseer-scg.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #PLC-1
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Don Hazeltine
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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