Fleeting Aven
Creature — Bird Wizard
Flying
Whenever a player cycles a card, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30771
Fleeting Aven puts a 2/1 flyer on the board that blanks one blocking creature each turn — relevant enough in the air, but the statline and narrow tap ability don't justify a roster spot in most 100-card builds. This is a Limited card that wandered into Constructed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fleeting Aven is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 2/1 flyer for three mana with a conditional tap ability is too fragile and too low-impact to compete with the threats at a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage have access to every broken blue card ever printed, so Fleeting Aven doesn't register. Oathbreaker's faster pace makes the three-mana cost and incremental tap effect even harder to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Fleeting Aven sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you find at the bottom of a trade binder. The price accurately reflects demand: there's no competitive home pulling copies, so don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.