Shining Aerosaur
Ixalan 36 • common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Collector number
- 36
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Flying
"The invaders cloak themselves in the shadows of dusk. Aerosaurs hide in the brilliance of the noonday sun."— Caparocti Sunborn
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Shining Aerosaur was released in 2017 as part of the Ixalan expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the plane of Ixalan, a world inspired by the Age of Discovery and Mesoamerican mythology, this creature card was designed to populate the 'Dinosaur' tribal archetype. It was conceptualized by Wizards of the Coast to emphasize the set's focus on heavy-hitting, prehistoric fauna, serving as a reliable common-rarity creature that utilized the 'flying' keyword to provide tactical reach in both limited and casual gameplay formats.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Nils Hamm, who sought to capture the ethereal, luminous quality suggested by the creature's name. Hamm employed his characteristic painterly style, blending soft, radiant lighting with the dense, vibrant foliage of the Ixalan jungle to ground the beast within the set's tropical aesthetic. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional and visually evocative addition to the set, celebrated by players for its ability to stabilize mid-game board states in draft environments.
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