Adarkar Windform
Snow Creature — Illusion
Flying
: Target creature loses flying until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #22344
Adarkar Windform hands you a reusable tap-and-remove-flying effect stapled to a 3/3 flying body, which is a reasonable rate until you notice it costs five mana and eats a snow permanent to activate. Outside of dedicated snow builds helmed by something like Isu the Abominable, the activation cost is too steep to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable runs snow permanents as a core resource, so Adarkar Windform's activation cost is a feature rather than a tax — you're spending something you're already accumulating to strip flying from a blocker right before Isu connects.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Adarkar Windform is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Modern have no interest in a five-mana 3/3 with a conditional activated ability. In Commander, it's a niche role-player — the flying-removal effect matters most in metas heavy with evasive threats, and even there it only earns a slot in snow-tribal builds where sacrificing a snow permanent doesn't cost you resources. Oathbreaker is the one other format where a dedicated snow shell could make use of it, but the overlap between snow commanders and Oathbreaker is narrow enough that it rarely comes up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Adarkar Windform sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a snow-tribal reprint or a pushed new commander that breaks the archetype open. It's a low-risk pickup if you're building Isu the Abominable and need the effect, but don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.