---
name: "Tidehollow Strix"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Bird"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch", "Flying"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "203"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cyril Van Der Haegen"
oracle_id: "19a39cc5-2134-4dee-932c-81389806c57b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tidehollow-strix-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tidehollow Strix
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch, Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

> *Die Ruderer unter Esper halten sich Käuze als Haustiere und lassen sie los, wenn ein Fahrgast nicht bezahlen will.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baleful Strix](/printing/baleful-strix-e01.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
2. [Deathgaze Cockatrice](/printing/deathgaze-cockatrice-m14.md) — Creature — Cockatrice
3. [Pestilent Kathari](/printing/pestilent-kathari-con.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
4. [Searchlight Geist](/printing/searchlight-geist-avr.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Fetid Imp](/printing/fetid-imp-m21.md) — Creature — Imp
6. [Needlethorn Drake](/printing/needlethorn-drake-stx.md) — Creature — Drake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #203
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cyril Van Der Haegen
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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