---
name: "Faerie Formation"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Faerie"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ELD"
set_name: "Throne of Eldraine"
collector_number: "316"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ryan Yee"
oracle_id: "0366c2f6-6e78-4526-808c-fa7bace6006e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/faerie-formation-eld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Faerie Formation
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Faerie
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{3}{U}: Create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying. Draw a card.

> *The throng flitted from castle to castle, leaving a trail of star-crossed love, damaging rumors, and missing heirlooms in their wake.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Into the Fae Court](/printing/into-the-fae-court-woe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mischievous Mystic](/printing/mischievous-mystic-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Faerie Miscreant](/printing/faerie-miscreant-ori.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue
4. [Animating Faerie // Bring to Life](/printing/animating-faerie-bring-to-life-eld.md) — Creature — Faerie // Sorcery — Adventure
5. [Cloudseeder](/printing/cloudseeder-fut.md) — Creature — Faerie Spellshaper
6. [Faerie Swarm](/printing/faerie-swarm-shm.md) — Creature — Faerie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #316
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ryan Yee
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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