---
name: "Aerial Assault"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "M20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "a4eb06ca-16d8-41c2-8fc6-22e73872b5b0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aerial-assault-m20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aerial Assault
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target tapped creature. You gain 1 life for each creature you control with flying.

> *„Oh, da müssen Sie sich irren. Falken jagen immer einzeln, wissen Sie?"
—Bunder Diedreck, Ornithologe*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aerial Predation](/printing/aerial-predation-ima.md) — Instant
2. [Take Down](/printing/take-down-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Wing Storm](/printing/wing-storm-pcy.md) — Sorcery
4. [Whirlwind](/printing/whirlwind-s99.md) — Sorcery
5. [Skyreaping](/printing/skyreaping-bng.md) — Sorcery
6. [Squall](/printing/squall-me4.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 (M20) #1
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`