Astral Drift
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Magic Online Promos #72892 (rare)
Whenever you cycle this card or cycle another card while this enchantment is on the battlefield, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Cycling {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Astral Drift has 4 printings, first in Modern Horizons (2019). EDHREC ranks it #9,268 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gavi, Nest Warden decks (3,964 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Astral Drift
- Timeless Wisdom - Commander 2020, led by Gavi, Nest Warden
Commanders that run Astral Drift most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gavi, Nest Warden: 3,964 decks
- Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists: 475 decks
- Toluz, Clever Conductor: 429 decks
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker: 232 decks
- Shiko, Paragon of the Way: 201 decks
- Cid, Timeless Artificer: 95 decks
- Dack Fayden, Helping Hand: 51 decks
- Jo Grant: 47 decks
Often played with Astral Drift
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you cycle a card during a player's end step, the exiled creature will remain exiled until the next turn's end step.
- : If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
- : Astral Drift's triggered ability resolves before the cycling ability does. You won't draw until after you choose the target and choose whether to exile the creature.
- : Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist. Once the exiled creature returns, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was.