---
name: "Winter, Cursed Rider"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warlock"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Exhaust", "Ward"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "228"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "343833c1-19fd-4e8f-b82e-0f20903caaff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/winter-cursed-rider-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Winter, Cursed Rider
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Exhaust, Ward

## Oracle Text
Ward—Pay 2 life.
Artifacts you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life."
Exhaust — {2}{U}{B}, {T}, Exile X artifact cards from your graveyard: Each other nonartifact creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mica, Reader of Ruins](/printing/mica-reader-of-ruins-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
2. [Elder Owyn Lyons](/printing/elder-owyn-lyons-pip.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Knight
3. [Arashin Sunshield](/printing/arashin-sunshield-tdm.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Hag of Mage's Doom](/printing/hag-of-mages-doom-hbg.md) — Creature — Hag Warlock
5. [Cabal Patriarch](/printing/cabal-patriarch-ody.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Sailors' Bane](/printing/sailors-bane-clb.md) — Creature — Dragon Turtle

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #228
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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