Hero of the Winds
Creature — Human Soldier
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28627
Hero of the Winds is a 2/3 flyer for three mana that gains you 1 life whenever it or another creature with flying you control deals combat damage — a steady drip of lifegain stapled to an evasive body. The rate is unexciting, and outside dedicated lifegain or go-wide flyers strategies it rarely earns its slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hero of the Winds finds its best home in white-blue lifegain or flyers-tribal shells where the damage trigger fires repeatedly across multiple creatures, turning a modest floor into meaningful life totals over a long game. Outside those specific archetypes, a 2/3 for three that only rewards you when it connects is too slow and too conditional to compete with staples. In non-rotating constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, Hero of the Winds is strictly outclassed — those formats end before the cumulative lifegain matters, and better three-drop flyers exist at every budget. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: synergy-dependent, cuttable otherwise.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Hero of the Winds is deep bulk — you're paying postage, not a card price. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.