---
name: "Swooping Pteranodon"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Dinosaur"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "REX"
set_name: "Jurassic World Collection"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "0b1f6e77-55db-4638-9030-3f4e4d37eb1b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swooping-pteranodon-rex"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Swooping Pteranodon
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Dinosaur
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature or another Dinosaur you control with flying enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains flying and haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, target land deals 3 damage to that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Majestic Heliopterus](/printing/majestic-heliopterus-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Sun-Crested Pterodon](/printing/sun-crested-pterodon-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
3. [Pterodon Knight](/printing/pterodon-knight-xln.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Kinjalli's Sunwing](/printing/kinjallis-sunwing-lcc.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
5. [Imperial Aerosaur](/printing/imperial-aerosaur-xln.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
6. [Tazeem Raptor](/printing/tazeem-raptor-znr.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jurassic World Collection (REX) #19
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`