---
name: "Owlin Historian"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matheus Graef"
oracle_id: "e1ebb60e-fbf3-4f8f-a76f-d637ec59ffb0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/owlin-historian-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Owlin Historian
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #24
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matheus Graef
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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