---
name: "Dire Downdraft"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Martin Wittfooth"
oracle_id: "a45065e9-951a-4c6d-80b6-bd86a49f7439"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dire-downdraft-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dire Downdraft
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast if it targets an attacking or tapped creature.
Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

> *Les voltigeurs d'élite de Vivaile pouvaient évoluer sans peine dans des tempêtes ordinaires, mais celles de Sacredragon étaient extraordinaires.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Guidance Failure](/printing/guidance-failure-trk.md) — Instant
2. [Run Behind](/printing/run-behind-sos.md) — Instant
3. [Bury in Books](/printing/bury-in-books-j22.md) — Instant
4. [Swat Away](/printing/swat-away-ecl.md) — Instant
5. [Deem Inferior](/printing/deem-inferior-mh3.md) — Sorcery
6. [Uneasy Partings](/printing/uneasy-partings-hob.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Martin Wittfooth
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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