Winter Sky
Sorcery
Flip a coin. If you win the flip, Winter Sky deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. If you lose the flip, each player draws a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $1.48
- EDHREC rank
- #17122
Winter Sky flips a coin for each player — everyone who wins their flip draws a card, everyone who loses takes a damage — and at a single red mana, that's a lot of chaos per mana spent. In Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom decks it's a one-mana trigger engine that simultaneously draws Zndrsplt cards, primes Okaun's doubling, and pings opponents who lose their flip.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom treats Winter Sky as pure fuel: every flip triggers Zndrsplt's draw and stacks Okaun's power-doubling, making a one-mana spell do the work of three.
Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Yusri, Fortune's Flame wants the board full of coin flips before combat, and Winter Sky delivers one per player for a single red — the incidental damage and potential card draws across the table are just gravy.
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 |
Winter Sky is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's essentially the full list of formats where it sees any play. In Commander it lives entirely in coin-flip builds — outside that niche it's a blank. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but no competitive home; the effect is too low-impact and random for those formats' demands. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's use case almost exactly, so the same coin-flip commanders that want it there want it here too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.48 cheap tier
At $1.48, Winter Sky sits at the low end of niche-staple pricing — cheap enough to throw into any coin-flip build without a second thought. It's a narrow card with a small audience, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
- Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.