---
name: "Call of the Nightwing"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "149"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Adam Paquette"
oracle_id: "919d21ad-3d1e-4f80-8005-64e3f8bf64d1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/call-of-the-nightwing-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Call of the Nightwing
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
Create a 1/1 blue and black Horror creature token with flying.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stolen Identity](/printing/stolen-identity-ncc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Writ of Return](/printing/writ-of-return-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Midnight Recovery](/printing/midnight-recovery-gtc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Nightveil Specter](/printing/nightveil-specter-gk1.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Voidwalk](/printing/voidwalk-gtc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dark Hatchling](/printing/dark-hatchling-clb.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #149
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Adam Paquette
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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