---
name: "Watcher of the Roost"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bird Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Morph"]
set: "UGIN"
set_name: "Ugin's Fate"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jack Wang"
oracle_id: "92cf18ab-dd7b-4bc8-8b85-a81b8cb5192c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/watcher-of-the-roost-ugin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Watcher of the Roost
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Morph

## Oracle Text
Flying
Morph—Reveal a white card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, you gain 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wingbeat Warrior](/printing/wingbeat-warrior-lgn.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier Warrior
2. [Sage-Eye Harrier](/printing/sage-eye-harrier-ktk.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
3. [Aven Liberator](/printing/aven-liberator-scg.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
4. [Icefeather Aven](/printing/icefeather-aven-c19.md) — Creature — Bird Shaman
5. [Ascending Aven](/printing/ascending-aven-ons.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
6. [Monastery Flock](/printing/monastery-flock-ktk.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ugin's Fate (UGIN) #30
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jack Wang
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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