Wings of Aesthir
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying and first strike.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #28494
Wings of Aesthir equips for two mana and grants the creature both flying and first strike until end of turn — a relevant combat swing for cheap. It's a one-shot trick, not a permanent buff, which keeps it out of most 99s.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wings of Aesthir is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a one-mana instant that grants flying and first strike until end of turn is too narrow — it trades a card for a single combat outcome, which doesn't scale to multiplayer. Legacy and Vintage have no shell that wants this effect at any price. Oathbreaker is the only place a surprise flying enabler could theoretically matter, and even there Wings of Aesthir is well below the bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Wings of Aesthir is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is minimal. It's stable at this floor simply because there's no downward pressure left to exert.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.