Nimbus Wings
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2 and has flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #22074
Nimbus Wings turns any ground creature into a 2/2 flyer for two mana — respectable stats attached to a relevant evasion keyword. It's a fine Limited card and a bulk aura, but in Constructed formats it competes with equipment and better auras that don't leave you down a card when the creature dies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nimbus Wings is too fragile to matter — auras that grant flying show up on Voltron builds, and those shells overwhelmingly prefer equipment to avoid the two-for-one risk. In Pauper, the format is where Nimbus Wings has the most plausible home, particularly in white aggressive or skies strategies that need cheap evasion at common. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card doesn't clear the power threshold by a wide margin. If you're playing Nimbus Wings anywhere, Pauper is the format to test it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Nimbus Wings is deep bulk — buy-list fodder rather than a financial decision. There's no trajectory that changes this; it's a common aura with no competitive demand to prop the price up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.