Wing Shards
Wing Shards: Instant, Modern Horizons. Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. Storm. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons (MH1)
- Released
- 2019-06-14
- Collector number
- 38
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Commander rank
- 14,309 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Wing Shards
Wing Shards is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Modern Horizons (MH1), a draft-focused set released in June 2019. It is collector number 38 in that set, with art by Daren Bader. It costs {1}{W}{W} (one generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Scourge (2003) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Her feathers cut the air, as sharp as they are silent.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.17 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Wing Shards by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Wing Shards
Wing Shards has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #IMA-38 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) #38 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #79 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #97 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35156 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Friday Night Magic 2007 (F07) #9 | Rare | 2007 |
| World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #jn25 | Uncommon | 2004 |
| World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #dz25sb | Uncommon | 2003 |
| Scourge (SCG) #25 | Uncommon | 2003 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Wing Shards, newest first.
- If you cast Wing Shards after combat damage has been dealt, only creatures that survived combat can be sacrificed.
- The copies storm creates are created on the stack, so they’re not cast. Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell (such as storm) won’t trigger.
- The storm ability and the copies it creates all resolve before the spell with storm. They resolve even if the spell with storm is countered.
- Storm counts spells cast before the spell with storm was cast. Spells cast after the spell with storm was cast but before the storm ability resolves aren’t counted.
- Wing Shards doesn’t target the creature to be sacrificed. The target player chooses the creature as it resolves.
- An “attacking creature” is one that has been declared as an attacker or put onto the battlefield attacking during a turn’s combat. Unless that creature leaves combat, it continues to be an attacking creature through the end of combat step, even if the player it was attacking has left the game or the planeswalker it was attacking has left combat.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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