---
name: "Mercurial Kite"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Richard Sardinha"
oracle_id: "92f2a27d-3ec6-445c-9962-96b099f793ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mercurial-kite-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mercurial Kite
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zephyr Winder](/printing/zephyr-winder-mom.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [A-Dreamshackle Geist](/printing/a-dreamshackle-geist-vow.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Frost Trickster](/printing/frost-trickster-plst.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
4. [Dreamshackle Geist](/printing/dreamshackle-geist-vow.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Beacon Hawk](/printing/beacon-hawk-dis.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Kapsho Kitefins](/printing/kapsho-kitefins-j25.md) — Creature — Fish

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #39
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Richard Sardinha
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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