---
name: "Astral Drift"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "MH1"
set_name: "Modern Horizons"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anna Steinbauer"
oracle_id: "7aa5db50-5057-45fd-bce9-fb4a5e874263"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/astral-drift-mh1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Astral Drift
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cycle this card or cycle another card while this enchantment is on the battlefield, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Cycling {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Astral Slide](/printing/astral-slide-f06.md) — Enchantment
2. [Escape Protocol](/printing/escape-protocol-iko.md) — Enchantment
3. [Forsake the Worldly](/printing/forsake-the-worldly-akr.md) — Instant
4. [Unpredictable Cyclone](/printing/unpredictable-cyclone-piko.md) — Enchantment
5. [Cast Out](/printing/cast-out-drc.md) — Enchantment
6. [Journey to Nowhere](/printing/journey-to-nowhere-zen.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons (MH1) #3
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anna Steinbauer
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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