---
name: "Possessed Aven"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Soldier Horror"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Threshold"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "1a5f1670-3e71-4379-90ee-a883c8dc6070"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/possessed-aven-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Possessed Aven
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Soldier Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Threshold

## Oracle Text
Flying
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1, is black, and has "{2}{B}, {T}: Destroy target blue creature."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battlewise Aven](/printing/battlewise-aven-jud.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
2. [Childhood Horror](/printing/childhood-horror-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Boneshard Slasher](/printing/boneshard-slasher-tor.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Dreadwing Scavenger](/printing/dreadwing-scavenger-fdn.md) — Creature — Nightmare Bird
5. [Mystic Familiar](/printing/mystic-familiar-tor.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Bloodcurdler](/printing/bloodcurdler-ody.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #45
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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