---
name: "Aerial Predation"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "IMA"
set_name: "Iconic Masters"
collector_number: "154"
rarity: "common"
artist: "BD"
oracle_id: "6bac1495-16cf-4e1e-9126-482f85322c78"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aerial-predation-ima"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aerial Predation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature with flying. You gain 2 life.

> *In the towering trees of the Samok Stand and the predators that guard them, the might of the Ravnican wild has returned.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aerial Assault](/printing/aerial-assault-jmp.md) — Sorcery
2. [Plummet](/printing/plummet-dbl.md) — Instant
3. [Shredding Winds](/printing/shredding-winds-ths.md) — Instant
4. [Pierce the Sky](/printing/pierce-the-sky-dom.md) — Instant
5. [Corrosive Gale](/printing/corrosive-gale-nph.md) — Sorcery
6. [Wing Snare](/printing/wing-snare-8ed.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Iconic Masters (IMA) #154
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** BD
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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