---
name: "Roc Hatchling"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Una Fricker"
oracle_id: "6764d4d9-1fe5-4b42-830c-a3b4c3b37f1f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/roc-hatchling-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Roc Hatchling
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with four shell counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a shell counter from this creature.
As long as this creature has no shell counters on it, it gets +3/+2 and has flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Roc Charger](/printing/roc-charger-grn.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Crimson Roc](/printing/crimson-roc-mir.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Roc of Kher Ridges](/printing/roc-of-kher-ridges-ced.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Clockwork Avian](/printing/clockwork-avian-atq.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
5. [Gitaxian Raptor](/printing/gitaxian-raptor-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Bird
6. [Dragon Hatchling](/printing/dragon-hatchling-bbd.md) — Creature — Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #113
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Una Fricker
- **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: `not_legal`