---
name: "Mavinda, Students' Advocate"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Bird Advisor"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PSTX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos"
collector_number: "21p"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Wesley Burt"
oracle_id: "1c248187-0be3-4a03-a817-14f68f638ae7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mavinda-students-advocate-pstx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mavinda, Students' Advocate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Bird Advisor
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{0}: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell doesn't target a creature you control, it costs {8} more to cast this way. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only once each turn. (You still pay the spell's costs. Timing rules for the spell still apply.)

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #21p
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Wesley Burt
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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