---
name: "Death's-Head Buzzard"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "A25"
set_name: "Masters 25"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Marcelo Vignali"
oracle_id: "0dd73855-6a7a-4eb4-80e0-1509f9397e5a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deaths-head-buzzard-a25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Death's-Head Buzzard
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *Infested with vermin, ever hungering, dropping from night's sky.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Screeching Buzzard](/printing/screeching-buzzard-ons.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Havoc Demon](/printing/havoc-demon-ema.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Blacksnag Buzzard](/printing/blacksnag-buzzard-otj.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Bone Picker](/printing/bone-picker-akr.md) — Creature — Bird
5. [Specter of Mortality](/printing/specter-of-mortality-woe.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Keening Banshee](/printing/keening-banshee-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters 25 (A25) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Marcelo Vignali
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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