---
name: "Screeching Silcaw"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Metalcraft", "Mill"]
set: "SOM"
set_name: "Scars of Mirrodin"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mike Bierek"
oracle_id: "7a1a4fe7-6574-4242-ae6f-108c1b9a5635"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/screeching-silcaw-som"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Screeching Silcaw
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Metalcraft, Mill

## Oracle Text
Flying
Metalcraft — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you control three or more artifacts, that player mills four cards.

> *牠已因自己的鳴叫聲失去聽力。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Screaming Swarm](/printing/screaming-swarm-dbl.md) — Creature — Bird Horror
2. [Mindshrieker](/printing/mindshrieker-isd.md) — Creature — Spirit Bird
3. [Shriekgeist](/printing/shriekgeist-ima.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Lumengrid Drake](/printing/lumengrid-drake-som.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Auriok Sunchaser](/printing/auriok-sunchaser-som.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Snapsail Glider](/printing/snapsail-glider-som.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mike Bierek
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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