Windreaver
Creature — Elemental
Flying
: This creature gains vigilance until end of turn.: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn.: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #28458
Windreaver is a five-mana 3/3 flyer that taxes your opponents' spells and can tap or untap any permanent — a genuinely disruptive threat that doubles as a control piece. The body is underwhelming for the cost, but the activated abilities are the whole point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Windreaver earns its slot in blue control and stax shells that want repeatable tap-down effects — the ability to untap your own mana rocks or tap down an opponent's blocker at instant speed is real, recurring leverage. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; five mana for a 3/3 with activated abilities doesn't compete in formats where the bar for blue permanents is Force of Will and Tolarian Academy. Modern is similarly uninterested — the cost-to-impact ratio falls apart when the format ends games before Windreaver's tap effects accumulate. Windreaver's home is Commander, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Windreaver is deep bulk — no secondary-market pressure is coming for a niche utility creature with a narrow fit. Pick it up for essentially nothing if the effect matches your build; don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.