---
name: "Dancing Scimitar"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Spirit"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "4ED"
set_name: "Fourth Edition"
collector_number: "313"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "82b13601-d460-45c5-94a1-07e146d463a9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dancing-scimitar-4ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dancing Scimitar
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/5
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cloud Spirit](/printing/cloud-spirit-plst.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Wanderlight Spirit](/printing/wanderlight-spirit-vow.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Tattered Haunter](/printing/tattered-haunter-sir.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Mahamoti Djinn](/printing/mahamoti-djinn-leb.md) — Creature — Djinn
5. [Stormcloud Spirit](/printing/stormcloud-spirit-pz2.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Cloud Djinn](/printing/cloud-djinn-plst.md) — Creature — Djinn

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition (4ED) #313
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 50 across all historical editions

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