---
name: "Dust Elemental"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Fear", "Flash"]
set: "PLC"
set_name: "Planar Chaos"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "4d08e822-6535-44b7-a100-e5e1e8f5c3e3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dust-elemental-plc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dust Elemental
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying, Fear, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying; fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
When this creature enters, return three creatures you control to their owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hollowhenge Spirit](/printing/hollowhenge-spirit-dka.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Living Tempest](/printing/living-tempest-znr.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Flickerwisp](/printing/flickerwisp-td0.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Air-Cult Elemental](/printing/air-cult-elemental-hbg.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Thryx, the Sudden Storm](/printing/thryx-the-sudden-storm-thb.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental Giant
6. [Loyal Gryff](/printing/loyal-gryff-mid.md) — Creature — Hippogriff

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planar Chaos (PLC) #5
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`