---
name: "Improvising Aerialist"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Survivor"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Survival"]
set: "YDSK"
set_name: "Alchemy: Duskmourn"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Riccardo Federici"
oracle_id: "6b305f2a-c07b-482c-859d-a3215ea85543"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/improvising-aerialist-ydsk"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Improvising Aerialist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Survivor
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Survival

## Oracle Text
Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if Improvising Aerialist is tapped, Improvising Aerialist and the top creature card in your library without flying perpetually gain flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Acrobatic Cheerleader](/printing/acrobatic-cheerleader-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Survivor
2. [High-Flying Ace](/printing/high-flying-ace-tmt.md) — Creature — Bird Mutant
3. [Prairie Survivalist](/printing/prairie-survivalist-yotj.md) — Creature — Human Scout
4. [Starry-Eyed Skyrider](/printing/starry-eyed-skyrider-tdm.md) — Creature — Human Scout
5. [Sailmonger](/printing/sailmonger-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Monger
6. [Sky Weaver](/printing/sky-weaver-inv.md) — Creature — Metathran Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Duskmourn (YDSK) #2
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Riccardo Federici

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