---
name: "Lifted by Clouds"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Darrell Riche"
oracle_id: "ef742509-4474-42d0-8bca-71ec2be3d4f1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lifted-by-clouds-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lifted by Clouds
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [View from Above](/printing/view-from-above-con.md) — Instant
2. [Zephyr Charge](/printing/zephyr-charge-m20.md) — Enchantment
3. [Arcane Flight](/printing/arcane-flight-dom.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Updraft](/printing/updraft-5ed.md) — Instant
5. [Shinen of Flight's Wings](/printing/shinen-of-flights-wings-sok.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Vault Skyward](/printing/vault-skyward-som.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Darrell Riche
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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