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View from Above

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Conflux
Price
$0.57
EDHREC rank
#15179
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View from Above card art
View from Above returns to your hand every time you cast it while you control a white permanent, making it effectively free to loop as long as the condition holds. That built-in recursion is the entire reason to run it — without Kykar, Wind's Fury or a comparable white-token engine in play, it's a one-shot one-mana bounce spell with no staying power.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

View from Above sees virtually no play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — one-mana bounce spells need to be unconditional and instant-speed to compete in those formats, and this one is neither reliable nor powerful enough. Commander is where it actually lives, specifically in blue-white or four-to-five-color decks that generate white permanents as a byproduct of their engine, turning View from Above into an infinite-loop piece rather than a utility spell. Oathbreaker is a legal home as well, and the same logic applies: pair it with the right planeswalker signature and the loop becomes trivially easy to assemble.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.57 bulk tier

At $0.57, View from Above sits firmly in bulk territory, which is appropriate — demand is narrow and entirely combo-driven. The price is stable at this floor; it won't spike without a high-profile decklist pushing the combo into the mainstream.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.