---
name: "Giant Albatross"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "HML"
set_name: "Homelands"
collector_number: "27a"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David A. Cherry"
oracle_id: "8b59cacb-46ff-4400-a7f6-b258c81a9b14"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-albatross-hml"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Giant Albatross
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, for each creature that dealt damage to this creature this turn, destroy that creature unless its controller pays 2 life. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Destructor Dragon](/printing/destructor-dragon-frf.md) — Creature — Dragon
2. [Screeching Buzzard](/printing/screeching-buzzard-ons.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Death's-Head Buzzard](/printing/deaths-head-buzzard-a25.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Ithilien Kingfisher](/printing/ithilien-kingfisher-ltr.md) — Creature — Bird
5. [Carnivorous Death-Parrot](/printing/carnivorous-death-parrot-und.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Horobi, Death's Wail](/printing/horobi-deaths-wail-mul.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Homelands (HML) #27a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David A. Cherry
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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