Thousand Winds
Creature — Elemental
Flying
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, return all other tapped creatures to their owners' hands.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2019
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #10761
Thousand Winds clears every opponent's board of creatures and tokens in one swing — a one-sided Cyclonic Rift for attackers at flash speed. The cost is real: seven mana and a morph setup to flip it for free, which means it lives or dies by whether your deck can exploit the morph discount.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer makes the first morph you cast each turn free, which means Thousand Winds hits the table for three mana face-down and flips into a full board reset the moment combat math turns against you — no seven-mana telegraphing required.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Thousand Winds earns its slot. In a morph-heavy deck, the flash-unmorph line is a surprise reset that opponents can't see coming at seven mana; in a dedicated Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer build, the discount collapses that cost to something castable. In competitive Constructed formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Thousand Winds is simply too slow and too conditional; no serious deck wants a seven-drop that requires a specific activation sequence when cheaper, unconditional interaction exists. Treat it as a Commander-exclusive tool.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Thousand Winds is deep bulk — pickup cost is negligible for any deck that wants it. Bulk rares at this price point rarely move up without a reprint-driven scarcity shift or a format breakout, neither of which applies here, so buy it for the effect and expect the price to stay flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.