---
name: "Welkin Guide"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Bird Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Palumbo"
oracle_id: "0ce31ff1-6cfe-4b34-bd02-7d727934e754"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/welkin-guide-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Welkin Guide
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

> *"Those talons really dig into your skin, but it's better than being dropped."
—Rafiq of the Many*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battleflight Eagle](/printing/battleflight-eagle-m13.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Toucan-Puffin](/printing/toucan-puffin-tle.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Keen-Eyed Raven](/printing/keen-eyed-raven-acr.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Plumecreed Mentor](/printing/plumecreed-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
5. [Heavenly Qilin](/printing/heavenly-qilin-pz2.md) — Creature — Kirin
6. [Kitesail Cleric](/printing/kitesail-cleric-znr.md) — Creature — Kor Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #30
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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