---
name: "Swiftwing Assailant"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Warrior"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Max speed", "Start your engines!"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pig Hands"
oracle_id: "46b36d25-25bd-48c5-9a53-75230bb27dee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swiftwing-assailant-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Swiftwing Assailant
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Max speed, Start your engines!

## Oracle Text
Flying
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
Max speed — This creature gets +0/+1 and has vigilance.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Endrider Catalyzer](/printing/endrider-catalyzer-dft.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Streaking Oilgorger](/printing/streaking-oilgorger-dft.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [The Speed Demon](/printing/the-speed-demon-pdft.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon
5. [Leonin Surveyor](/printing/leonin-surveyor-dft.md) — Creature — Cat Scout
6. [Pride of the Road](/printing/pride-of-the-road-dft.md) — Creature — Zombie Cat Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #32
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pig Hands
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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