---
name: "Spectral Sailor"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Spirit Pirate"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "a8fdbcdf-479d-4582-9ad5-9fbd4c740c29"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spectral-sailor-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spectral Sailor
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit Pirate
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
{3}{U}: Draw a card.

> *"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two."
—Admiral Beckett Brass*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cloaked Siren](/printing/cloaked-siren-cn2.md) — Creature — Siren
2. [Stormrider Spirit](/printing/stormrider-spirit-mid.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Inspired Sprite](/printing/inspired-sprite-mor.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard
4. [Illvoi Galeblade](/printing/illvoi-galeblade-eoe.md) — Creature — Jellyfish Warrior
5. [Spectral Adversary](/printing/spectral-adversary-pmid.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Wind Strider](/printing/wind-strider-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #164
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 50 across all historical editions

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