Aerial Surveyor

Aerial Surveyor card image

Aerial Surveyor: Artifact - Vehicle, Neon Dynasty Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact - Vehicle
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC)
Released
2022-02-18
Collector number
5
Artist
Antonio José Manzanedo
Commander rank
5,171 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Crew, Flying

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About Aerial Surveyor

Aerial Surveyor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white artifact from Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC), a Commander product released in February 2022. It is collector number 5 in that set, with art by Antonio José Manzanedo. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its power and toughness are 3/4. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Neon Dynasty Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.05 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, if defending player controls more lands than you, search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Crew 2

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.05 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Aerial Surveyor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Aerial Surveyor

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) #39Rare2022

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Aerial Surveyor.

  • Aerial Surveyor's triggered ability has an intervening "if" clause. That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless the defending player controls more lands than you, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you control at least as many lands as the defending player by the time it resolves.

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