---
name: "Kathari Screecher"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Soldier"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Unearth"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "fb51bafe-5a70-4910-a42e-ef75d9dd2f0a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kathari-screecher-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kathari Screecher
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Unearth

## Oracle Text
Flying
Unearth {2}{U} ({2}{U}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Sedraxis Specter](/printing/sedraxis-specter-plst.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Skywing Aven](/printing/skywing-aven-vma.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
4. [Triarch Praetorian](/printing/triarch-praetorian-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron
5. [Sultai Scavenger](/printing/sultai-scavenger-ktk.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
6. [Carrion Screecher](/printing/carrion-screecher-gn2.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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