---
name: "Finch Formation"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Scout"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Offspring"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Rhonda Libbey"
oracle_id: "76c2e0b4-d4fa-4e98-b363-0a76eb481304"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/finch-formation-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Finch Formation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Offspring

## Oracle Text
Offspring {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature you control gains flying until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fledgling Osprey](/printing/fledgling-osprey-uds.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Ace Flockbringer](/printing/ace-flockbringer-yblb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
3. [Plumecreed Mentor](/printing/plumecreed-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
4. [Preening Champion](/printing/preening-champion-mom.md) — Creature — Bird Knight
5. [Trained Condor](/printing/trained-condor-m14.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Seedpod Squire](/printing/seedpod-squire-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #50
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Rhonda Libbey
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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