---
name: "Crookclaw Elder"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Bird Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "LGN"
set_name: "Legions"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "9b851461-d258-41c4-bd0a-d24d5f1be6b2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crookclaw-elder-lgn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crookclaw Elder
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Tap two untapped Birds you control: Draw a card.
Tap two untapped Wizards you control: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mentor of Evos Isle](/printing/mentor-of-evos-isle-j21.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
2. [Clinquant Skymage](/printing/clinquant-skymage-fdn.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
3. [Windcaller Aven](/printing/windcaller-aven-j25.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
4. [Zenith Seeker](/printing/zenith-seeker-akh.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Wingspan Mentor](/printing/wingspan-mentor-ncc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Warden of Evos Isle](/printing/warden-of-evos-isle-m14.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legions (LGN) #34
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`