---
name: "Banshee"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jesper Myrfors"
oracle_id: "438546b8-0b67-4bec-a43b-f2fc7449c90e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/banshee-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Banshee
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1

## Oracle Text
{X}, {T}: This creature deals half X damage, rounded down, to any target, and half X damage, rounded up, to you.

> *Some say Banshees are the hounds of Death, baying to herd their prey into the arms of their master.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Keening Banshee](/printing/keening-banshee-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Howling Banshee](/printing/howling-banshee-j25.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Banshee of the Dread Choir](/printing/banshee-of-the-dread-choir-c15.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Bellowing Fiend](/printing/bellowing-fiend-tmp.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Midnight Banshee](/printing/midnight-banshee-mm2.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Tragic Banshee](/printing/tragic-banshee-fdn.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #59
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jesper Myrfors
- **Total Printings:** 5 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`