---
name: "Yanling's Harbinger"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "M20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020"
collector_number: "289"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "c4bf4397-22e5-458d-b9d1-3f3a0a27e9e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/yanlings-harbinger-m20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Yanling's Harbinger
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer](/printing/mu-yanling-sky-dancer-m20.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Yanling
2. [Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind](/printing/mu-yanling-celestial-wind-m20.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Yanling
3. [Celestial Messenger](/printing/celestial-messenger-m20.md) — Creature — Bird Spirit
4. [Mu Yanling, Wind Rider](/printing/mu-yanling-wind-rider-pdft.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Pilot
5. [Screaming Seahawk](/printing/screaming-seahawk-ons.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Faerie Harbinger](/printing/faerie-harbinger-plst.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 (M20) #289
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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