Wydwen, the Biting Gale
Legendary Creature — Faerie Wizard
Flash
Flying
, Pay 1 life: Return Wydwen to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.56
- EDHREC rank
- #17046
Wydwen, the Biting Gale hits the board as a 3/3 flying flash threat that taxes itself to dodge removal — pay 1U and she bounces back to hand before the spell resolves. The cost is real: you're spending mana and a card slot on a creature that demands open mana every turn to stay safe, which means she rewards decks built around that tempo rather than incidental inclusion.
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 |
Wydwen, the Biting Gale sees virtually no play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — the formats move too fast and her rate doesn't compete with the threats and interaction available at those power levels. Commander is her natural home: a Dimir flash-and-flicker shell can exploit her self-bounce repeatedly, resetting ETB triggers or simply keeping her out of range of sweepers, and her flying body closes games in the command zone. Oathbreaker is a fringe consideration if your signature spell is a cheap bounce or draw effect, but the 99 is where she does her best work.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.56 bulk tier
At $0.56, Wydwen, the Biting Gale is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. That price is stable; she's a narrow, older card with a small but dedicated audience, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.