Skywing Aven
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27958
Skywing Aven is a 2/1 flyer for three mana with a discard-to-return-to-hand ability — playable stats paired with a built-in discard outlet that enables graveyard and madness synergies. Outside of decks that specifically want to pitch cards from hand, it's undersized for the cost and too slow to compete with stronger options at the same slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skywing Aven finds a home in decks that want a repeatable discard outlet on a flying body — Anje Falkenrath madness builds and Araumi of the Dead Tide self-mill lists are the clearest fits. In Pauper, where common-only constraints make every role-player count, it occupies a niche in blue tempo or reanimator shells that need cheap evasion paired with hand manipulation. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient discard outlets and evasive threats, so Skywing Aven doesn't see meaningful play in either format. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — synergy-dependent, not a generic include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Skywing Aven isn't available in this page's dataset, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its narrow role and low demand outside niche Commander builds, it almost certainly sits in bulk-common range.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.