---
name: "Balshan Collaborator"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Soldier"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "DiTerlizzi"
oracle_id: "7cdbc115-cb15-4ada-8229-d40f0b22dd27"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/balshan-collaborator-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Balshan Collaborator
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Drifting Shade](/printing/drifting-shade-m12.md) — Creature — Shade
2. [Balloon Peddler](/printing/balloon-peddler-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
3. [Seedpod Squire](/printing/seedpod-squire-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
4. [Plumecreed Mentor](/printing/plumecreed-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
5. [Battlefield Percher](/printing/battlefield-percher-nem.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Aven Envoy](/printing/aven-envoy-lgn.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #25
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** DiTerlizzi
- **Total Printings:** 9 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: `legal`