Stormwing Entity
Creature — Elemental
This spell costs 
less to cast if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, scry 2.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2021 Promos
- Price
- $0.53
- EDHREC rank
- #17416
Stormwing Entity enters as a 3/3 flying, prowess threat that scries 2 — and if you cast an instant or sorcery first, it costs just one blue mana. That conditional cost reduction is the whole game: in any deck built around cheap spells, you're dropping a relevant flier for essentially nothing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Stormwing Entity saw real Modern play in UR Prowess and Sprite Dragon shells, where turn-one cantrip into turn-two discounted 3/3 with prowess was a legitimate clock — it's since lost ground to faster threats but remains a functional budget option in spell-heavy aggro. In Pioneer, the card is legal and the same logic applies at a slightly slower pace, though the format's top tempo decks have moved on. Commander is where Stormwing Entity finds its most consistent home: instant-speed cantrips like Brainstorm or Ponder are staples in blue spell decks anyway, so the cost reduction fires naturally rather than requiring dedicated setup. Legacy has the raw speed to strand Stormwing Entity in hand against combo and control, making it a poor fit there despite legality.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.53 bulk tier
At $0.53, Stormwing Entity is bulk — you're picking it up in a trade binder or a bulk box, not hunting it down. The price reflects its departure from competitive Modern rotations, but for Commander spell decks it represents genuine rate efficiency at essentially no financial cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.