Screeching Silcaw
~$0.12 low · ~$0.70 high
Blue. Creature — Bird
Scars of Mirrodin #42 · Illustrated by Mike Bierek
Scars of Mirrodin #42 · Illustrated by Mike BierekWhat is Screeching Silcaw worth?
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Oracle text
Flying
Metalcraft — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you control three or more artifacts, that player mills four cards.
1/2
It's adaptively deaf to its own cries.
Format legality
The only printing of Screeching Silcaw
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scars of Mirrodin som #42· 2010common· Cardmarket €0.06 · €0.20 foil | common | $0.12 | $0.70 | €0.06€0.20 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2010
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #29,163 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying, Metalcraft, Mill
- Artist
- Mike Bierek
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Scars of Mirrodin card (#42).
42
- 42Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Screeching Silcaw, read from the Scars of Mirrodin printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Screeching Silcaw. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 2: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Bird is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/2: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Mike Bierek. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Scars of Mirrodin. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 42 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Mike Bierek, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- FlyingCR 702.9
- It can be blocked only by creatures with flying or reach.
- MillCR 701.17
- Put cards from the top of a library into the graveyard.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
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