Aerial Volley
Instant
Aerial Volley deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25569
Aerial Volley deals 3 damage distributed among up to three target creatures with flying — one green mana, instant speed, gone. It's a hyper-narrow hate piece that earns a slot only when your meta is saturated with small flyers, and even then it competes poorly against spells that also answer the ground.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aerial Volley is a non-factor in Commander — the format's threats are too large and too varied for a one-mana spell capped at 3 total damage to matter, and green has better reach answers at nearly every point on the curve. In Pauper it sees fringe consideration in green sideboards when faerie or spirit tribal decks dominate a local meta, but even there it's a conditional two-of at best. Legacy and Vintage give it no reason to exist; the formats move too fast and the relevant flyers are too resilient. Pioneer and Modern sideboard slots demand more flexible interaction, so Aerial Volley never makes the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Aerial Volley is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd ever order it. That price accurately reflects demand: virtually none.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.