---
name: "Cruel Witness"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Horror"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil"]
set: "VOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Vincent Proce"
oracle_id: "c1f1ca09-897a-434c-bbb1-e4ad4a1547aa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-witness-vow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cruel Witness
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

> *"Eu escapei. Por que eu ainda me sinto observado?"
— Gregel, líder de milícia*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Watcher in the Mist](/printing/watcher-in-the-mist-grn.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Unwelcome Sprite](/printing/unwelcome-sprite-ecl.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue
3. [Foul Watcher](/printing/foul-watcher-j21.md) — Creature — Nightmare Bird
4. [Farseeing Flockmate](/printing/farseeing-flockmate-unk.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Nightveil Sprite](/printing/nightveil-sprite-rvr.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue
6. [Citywatch Sphinx](/printing/citywatch-sphinx-grn.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #55
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Vincent Proce
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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