---
name: "Vertigo"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "6ED"
set_name: "Classic Sixth Edition"
collector_number: "212"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Drew Tucker"
oracle_id: "1dabfade-79e5-44e2-afa6-b20498c6bb8b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vertigo-6ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vertigo
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Vertigo deals 2 damage to target creature with flying. That creature loses flying until end of turn.

> *"I saw the wizard gesturing, but I didn't guess his plan until my aesthir cried out and went into a dive."
—Arna Kennerüd, skyknight*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crash Landing](/printing/crash-landing-gpt.md) — Instant
2. [Gravity Well](/printing/gravity-well-roe.md) — Enchantment
3. [Wind Shear](/printing/wind-shear-vis.md) — Instant
4. [Take Down](/printing/take-down-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Pierce the Sky](/printing/pierce-the-sky-dom.md) — Instant
6. [Burning Palm Efreet](/printing/burning-palm-efreet-plst.md) — Creature — Efreet

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #212
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Drew Tucker
- **Total Printings:** 15 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`