---
name: "Whimwader"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jeff Easley"
oracle_id: "21d9ce2c-eb6a-4f43-a79b-0b99b3dc4a00"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/whimwader-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Whimwader
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/4

## Oracle Text
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls a blue permanent.

> *„Gedanken? Täuschung? Fortschritt? Du machst ihm nur Hunger." —Abral, Kithkinalchimist*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ethereal Whiskergill](/printing/ethereal-whiskergill-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Tidewater Minion](/printing/tidewater-minion-rav.md) — Creature — Elemental Minion
3. [Wu Warship](/printing/wu-warship-ptk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Wall of Water](/printing/wall-of-water-3ed.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Floodtide Serpent](/printing/floodtide-serpent-bng.md) — Creature — Serpent
6. [Wall of Wonder](/printing/wall-of-wonder-chr.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #54
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jeff Easley
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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