Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind

Legendary Planeswalker — Yanling

+1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gets -5/-0.
−3: Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands.
−7: Creatures you control with flying get +5/+5 until end of turn.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Core Set 2020
Price
EDHREC rank
#22895
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Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind card art
Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind lands as a three-mana planeswalker that ticks up to draw a card and ticks down to tap a creature — solid incremental value, but nothing that demands an immediate answer. The cost is a ceiling, not a floor: she protects herself poorly and wins games slowly, so she earns her slot in decks that can exploit repeated card draw or the island-matters synergies her static ability rewards.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind is a niche inclusion — she fits blue-heavy builds that care about Islands, particularly Merfolk or sea-creature tribal decks where her static buff on blue creatures turns every token she makes into a relevant threat. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana for this rate of effect is uncompetitive; those formats have no interest in her. Modern and Pioneer are similarly cold — planeswalkers at this price point need to close games or generate immediate board presence, and Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind does neither fast enough. Oathbreaker is her best non-Commander home, where she can serve as the planeswalker commander of an Island-centric control shell.

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Current pricing data for Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given her narrow competitive applications, she typically sits in budget territory — she's worth picking up if she fits your specific synergy plan, but don't pay a premium expecting broad demand to hold the price up.

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