---
name: "Winds of Abandon"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Overload"]
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Zuzanna Wużyk"
oracle_id: "499a4715-6776-461b-bee4-22ed172d455e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/winds-of-abandon-soa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Winds of Abandon
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Overload

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature you don't control. For each creature exiled this way, its controller searches their library for a basic land card. Those players put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Overload {4}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Path to Exile](/printing/path-to-exile-md1.md) — Instant
2. [Settle the Wreckage](/printing/settle-the-wreckage-hob.md) — Instant
3. [Release to the Wind](/printing/release-to-the-wind-prix.md) — Instant
4. [Oblivion Sower](/printing/oblivion-sower-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi
5. [70,000 Light-Years from Home](/printing/70000-light-years-from-home-trk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Overburden](/printing/overburden-pcy.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #12
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Zuzanna Wużyk
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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