Astral Wingspan

Enchantment — Aura

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
March of the Machine
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#14480
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Astral Wingspan card art
Astral Wingspan sticks an Aura on every creature you control when it enters — immediate board-wide impact before your opponents can respond. The setup cost is real, but in Eriette, the Beguiler decks that already want Auras spread across the table, this is a free trigger engine on a single card.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Eriette, the Beguiler

Eriette, the Beguiler

60.9% of decks · synergy 0.60

Eriette, the Beguiler drains opponents for each Aura you control on their creatures and gains you life for each on yours — Astral Wingspan floods both zones simultaneously, turning one spell into a full table's worth of triggers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Astral Wingspan is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it actually matters: the multiplayer table means more creatures to enchant, and Aura-payoff commanders like Eriette, the Beguiler turn the mass-enchant into immediate card advantage or life swing. In competitive 60-card formats it's too slow and too conditional — Aura synergies in Modern and Pioneer have tighter, cheaper engines that don't rely on board presence to generate value. Treat Astral Wingspan as a Commander-only card that happens to be technically legal elsewhere.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Astral Wingspan is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the deck wants it. Bulk Auras with narrow synergy windows rarely climb in price, so don't expect movement.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.