---
name: "Preening Champion"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Knight"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alix Branwyn"
oracle_id: "e1c458ca-10f6-4da8-a93d-3adfb86fe97d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/preening-champion-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Preening Champion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue and red Elemental creature token.

> *Sur Kylem, les signes avant-coureurs de l'invasion passèrent inaperçus, noyés par le vacarme quotidien de la fanfare de la Lice de la Bravoure.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Knightfisher](/printing/knightfisher-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Knight
2. [Pride of the Clouds](/printing/pride-of-the-clouds-gk2.md) — Creature — Elemental Cat
3. [Plumecreed Mentor](/printing/plumecreed-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
4. [Soaring Show-Off](/printing/soaring-show-off-bbd.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
5. [Fledgling Osprey](/printing/fledgling-osprey-uds.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Experimental Aviator](/printing/experimental-aviator-kld.md) — Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alix Branwyn
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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