Arcanum Wings
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Aura swap 
(: Exchange this Aura with an Aura card in your hand.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $1.06
- EDHREC rank
- #19108
Arcanum Wings gives any creature flying and opens the door to swapping its entire rules text via Aura Swap — two meaningful effects stapled to a two-mana enchantment. The swap ability is the reason you're here: it turns your hand into a one-mana live-swap engine, making this the cheapest way to cheat a game-ending Aura onto any flier at instant speed.
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 |
In Commander, Arcanum Wings earns its slot in decks that run powerful Auras — particularly ones too expensive to hardcast — since the one-mana Aura Swap cost lets you bypass that expense entirely once Wings is on a creature. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but the card sees virtually no play there; Aura Swap is too slow and telegraphed in formats where interaction is cheaper than the setup. Modern is the same story — the combo infrastructure exists, but the payoff rarely clears the bar. Commander is the natural home: you have more time to set up the enchanted creature, tutors to find Arcanum Wings, and Auras like Eldrazi Conscription waiting to be swapped in for a single blue mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.06 cheap tier
At $1.06, Arcanum Wings sits in the budget-rare tier — cheap enough that it's a no-brainer inclusion if the strategy calls for it. The price is stable; this is a narrow card with a dedicated niche, so it's unlikely to spike unless a new Commander staple creates fresh Aura Swap demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.