---
name: "Keeneye Aven"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Soldier"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Cycling"]
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "75"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "86b7ff68-0bd9-4fc9-9803-fde2d4a2f59b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/keeneye-aven-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Keeneye Aven
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Soldier
- **Keywords:** Flying, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Flying
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Windcaller Aven](/printing/windcaller-aven-cmm.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
2. [Avian Oddity](/printing/avian-oddity-iko.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Fleeting Aven](/printing/fleeting-aven-ons.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
4. [Primoc Escapee](/printing/primoc-escapee-lgn.md) — Creature — Bird Beast
5. [Aven Envoy](/printing/aven-envoy-lgn.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
6. [Skywing Aven](/printing/skywing-aven-uma.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #75
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-10-01)* Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.