---
name: "Sterling Hound"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Dog"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "249"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Leon Tukker"
oracle_id: "3178c1f9-f644-4926-ac9a-d40e4db79955"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sterling-hound-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sterling Hound
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Dog
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

> *« Attention, chien mécanique »
—Panneau du palais de justice de Prospérité*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wary Watchdog](/printing/wary-watchdog-dsk.md) — Creature — Dog
2. [Snarling Gorehound](/printing/snarling-gorehound-mkm.md) — Creature — Dog
3. [Dogged Detective](/printing/dogged-detective-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Sinister Starfish](/printing/sinister-starfish-mkc.md) — Creature — Starfish
5. [Sanitation Automaton](/printing/sanitation-automaton-mkm.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Dimir Informant](/printing/dimir-informant-grn.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #249
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Leon Tukker
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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