Maddening Wind
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals 2 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #30085
Maddening Wind drains 2 life from a target creature's controller at the start of each of their upkeeps — but it costs 2 green mana each upkeep just to maintain, making it a recurring drain that bleeds your own resources as fast as it bleeds theirs. In a multiplayer game with four opponents cycling through upkeeps, that math collapses quickly.
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 |
In Commander, Maddening Wind is functionally unplayable — four opponents each triggering the upkeep tax means you're paying 8 green mana per full rotation just to deal 2 damage to one player, which is an embarrassing rate at any table. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats, but no competitive deck there wants a do-nothing enchantment that drains your own resources to ping a single opponent. Oathbreaker is the most forgiving context given the lower player count, but Maddening Wind still competes against enchantments that actually end the game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Maddening Wind is deep bulk — the price reflects demand accurately. It won't climb; there's no shell that wants it badly enough to move the market.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.