---
name: "Novellamental"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "41a"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tom Babbey"
oracle_id: "2cb37c66-bba4-4f90-9134-6b738462457e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/novellamental-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.

> *"My grandmother had sold the rest of her jewelry long ago, but she left a particular necklace in my care: a golden chain, bearing a raven-shaped charm."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cloud Elemental](/printing/cloud-elemental-wc97.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Vaporkin](/printing/vaporkin-ths.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Cloud Spirit](/printing/cloud-spirit-plst.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Nimbus of the Isles](/printing/nimbus-of-the-isles-m15.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Wanderlight Spirit](/printing/wanderlight-spirit-vow.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Skywinder Drake](/printing/skywinder-drake-m12.md) — Creature — Drake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #41a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tom Babbey
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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