---
name: "Wind Strider"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "88"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "9d57cda6-9042-44bd-9785-38de9487ff85"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wind-strider-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Wind Strider
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying

> *"바다에도 하늘에도 격류가 존재한다."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [High Fae Trickster](/printing/high-fae-trickster-fdn.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard
2. [Stormrider Spirit](/printing/stormrider-spirit-mid.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Cloaked Siren](/printing/cloaked-siren-cn2.md) — Creature — Siren
4. [Merfolk of the Depths](/printing/merfolk-of-the-depths-rvr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier
5. [Living Tempest](/printing/living-tempest-znr.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Frostwind Invoker](/printing/frostwind-invoker-roe.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #88
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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