---
name: "Somber Hoverguard"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Drone"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Affinity"]
set: "MM2"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2015"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adam Rex"
oracle_id: "3c88108e-d983-427a-9b85-b9cdd2d5083b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/somber-hoverguard-mm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Somber Hoverguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Drone
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Affinity

## Oracle Text
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying

> *The vedalken interrogate all intruders—once the hoverguards are done with them.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memory Guardian](/printing/memory-guardian-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Artificer
2. [Utrom Monitor](/printing/utrom-monitor-tmc.md) — Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist
3. [Looming Hoverguard](/printing/looming-hoverguard-mrd.md) — Creature — Drone
4. [Hoverguard Observer](/printing/hoverguard-observer-dst.md) — Creature — Drone
5. [Valkyrie Aerial Unit](/printing/valkyrie-aerial-unit-fin.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Hoverguard Sweepers](/printing/hoverguard-sweepers-c14.md) — Creature — Drone

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #57
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adam Rex
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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