---
name: "Battlefield Percher"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "2836c144-7268-411a-b651-351cc4ef8fe9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/battlefield-percher-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Battlefield Percher
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
{1}{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Belbe's Percher](/printing/belbes-percher-nem.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Bartizan Bats](/printing/bartizan-bats-grn.md) — Creature — Bat
3. [Carrion Crow](/printing/carrion-crow-m15.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird
4. [Pit Imp](/printing/pit-imp-tmp.md) — Creature — Imp
5. [Vampire Bats](/printing/vampire-bats-10e.md) — Creature — Bat
6. [Phyrexian Battleflies](/printing/phyrexian-battleflies-dde.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #52
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 8 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: `not_legal`