---
name: "Sturdy Hatchling"
mana_cost: "{3}{G/U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Darrell Riche"
oracle_id: "08e95b6c-9f4c-42d9-ad64-2d905d781d49"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sturdy-hatchling-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sturdy Hatchling
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G/U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with four -1/-1 counters on it.
{G/U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Whenever you cast a green spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shrewd Hatchling](/printing/shrewd-hatchling-mm2.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Noxious Hatchling](/printing/noxious-hatchling-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Voracious Hatchling](/printing/voracious-hatchling-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Plaxcaster Frogling](/printing/plaxcaster-frogling-c21.md) — Creature — Frog Mutant
5. [Belligerent Hatchling](/printing/belligerent-hatchling-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Blastoderm](/printing/blastoderm-ddd.md) — Creature — Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #163
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Darrell Riche
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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