---
name: "Blacksnag Buzzard"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Plot"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Michele Giorgi"
oracle_id: "99da512c-e222-4e5c-aa64-a276ed9ebe87"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blacksnag-buzzard-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blacksnag Buzzard
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Plot

## Oracle Text
Flying
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if a creature died this turn.
Plot {1}{B} (You may pay {1}{B} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Screeching Buzzard](/printing/screeching-buzzard-ons.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Death's-Head Buzzard](/printing/deaths-head-buzzard-a25.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Buzzard-Wasp Colony](/printing/buzzard-wasp-colony-tla.md) — Creature — Bird Insect
4. [Scavenger Drake](/printing/scavenger-drake-ala.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Silumgar Scavenger](/printing/silumgar-scavenger-2xm.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird
6. [Recycla-bird](/printing/recycla-bird-cmb2.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #79
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Michele Giorgi
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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