---
name: "Screeching Buzzard"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "165"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "89acea5a-5601-4341-83a0-bde281c4bd85"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/screeching-buzzard-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Screeching Buzzard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Death's-Head Buzzard](/printing/deaths-head-buzzard-a25.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Shrieking Specter](/printing/shrieking-specter-s99.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Fell Specter](/printing/fell-specter-jmp.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Circling Vultures](/printing/circling-vultures-wth.md) — Creature — Bird
5. [Blacksnag Buzzard](/printing/blacksnag-buzzard-otj.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Carrion Screecher](/printing/carrion-screecher-gn2.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #165
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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