Shredding Winds
Instant
Shredding Winds deals 7 damage to target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28237
Shredding Winds deals damage equal to a target flying creature's toughness — a clean, scalable answer to the biggest fliers on the board for a single green mana. It's a niche sideboard tool at best, dead weight in most mainboards.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shredding Winds sees virtually no play in any format, and the reason is simple: green already has better options at the same or lower cost. In Commander, where fliers like Consecrated Sphinx and Avacyn, Angel of Hope are common threats, a toughness-based removal spell sounds appealing until you remember it hits only flying creatures and does nothing else. Competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage never needed it, and Pauper has access to more efficient reach or fight effects. The card is legal everywhere that matters and played almost nowhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Shredding Winds is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a box but rarely fills a deck slot. Don't expect that price to move; demand simply isn't there.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.