---
name: "Keening Banshee"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Robert Bliss"
oracle_id: "56b69e46-a1e4-4545-99e2-ee4385b7e429"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/keening-banshee-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Keening Banshee
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

> *Her cold wail echoes in the alleys and under-eaves, finding the unfortunate and turning their blood to ice.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Howling Banshee](/printing/howling-banshee-j25.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Moaning Spirit](/printing/moaning-spirit-p02.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Bloodied Ghost](/printing/bloodied-ghost-plst.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Specter of the Fens](/printing/specter-of-the-fens-stx.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Bellowing Fiend](/printing/bellowing-fiend-tmp.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Tattered Apparition](/printing/tattered-apparition-dmu.md) — Creature — Shade

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #92
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Robert Bliss
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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