Cat-Owl
Creature — Cat Bird
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, untap target artifact or creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #19446
Cat-Owl hits the board as a 3/3 flyer with changeling for three mana — the creature type coverage is broad, but the stats are unexceptional for the cost. It earns a slot when you need a tribal piece that counts as every creature type at once; otherwise it's filler.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cat-Owl is a role-player in tribal decks that want changeling bodies — it counts as a Cat, an Owl, a Merfolk, a Dragon, and every other type simultaneously, which matters for lords and synergy triggers. Outside of tribal, three mana for a 3/3 flyer is below the rate you'd demand in 2025, and it won't make the cut in goodstuff lists. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, Cat-Owl has no meaningful presence — the rate is too low and changeling synergies that matter at those levels have better options. Pauper is where budget tribal builds might find it passable as a filler flyer, though again, dedicated tribal payoffs will almost always have a better creature available at the same cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Cat-Owl is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a changeling body, which is about what the rate deserves. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price rarely hold or climb unless a new tribal commander breaks them out, so don't expect movement.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.