---
name: "Courier Bat"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "369"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ilse Gort"
oracle_id: "d8ff239c-cd71-4cd2-9e96-792a116989ca"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/courier-bat-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Courier Bat
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bat
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

> *Swarms of bats poured from Lurenbraum Fortress carrying wedding invitations to vampires of every bloodline.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bloodhunter Bat](/printing/bloodhunter-bat-w17.md) — Creature — Bat
2. [Grimclaw Bats](/printing/grimclaw-bats-dst.md) — Creature — Bat
3. [Bat Whisperer](/printing/bat-whisperer-mid.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Malakir Familiar](/printing/malakir-familiar-jmp.md) — Creature — Bat
5. [Lifecreed Duo](/printing/lifecreed-duo-blb.md) — Creature — Bat Bird
6. [Deep-Cavern Bat](/printing/deep-cavern-bat-sch.md) — Creature — Bat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #369
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ilse Gort
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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