---
name: "Shining Aerosaur"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Dinosaur"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "XLN-36"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "a7520962-46e0-4abd-bb19-569334913a05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shining-aerosaur-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shining Aerosaur
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Dinosaur
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying

> *"The invaders cloak themselves in the shadows of dusk. Aerosaurs hide in the brilliance of the noonday sun."
—Caparocti Sunborn*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Imperial Aerosaur](/printing/imperial-aerosaur-xln.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Majestic Heliopterus](/printing/majestic-heliopterus-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
3. [Sun-Crested Pterodon](/printing/sun-crested-pterodon-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
4. [Pterodon Knight](/printing/pterodon-knight-xln.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Assault Griffin](/printing/assault-griffin-m12.md) — Creature — Griffin
6. [Dawn Gryff](/printing/dawn-gryff-emn.md) — Creature — Hippogriff

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #XLN-36
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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