Magic: The Gathering

Splintering Wind

Alliances 99 • rare

Set: Alliances
Collector number: 99
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 2 generic mana green mana green mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: Green
Artist: Ron Spencer
Market price: $0.60

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What it's worth

$0.60market price via TCGplayer · Aug 21, 2026$0.51 – $0.62 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a rare card from the Alliances set, Splintering Wind represents a specific moment in card design history. Collectors prize this piece for its scarcity and its position within a series known for unique mechanical development.

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What it does

2 generic mana green mana: This enchantment deals 1 damage to target creature. Create a 1/1 green Splinter creature token. It has flying and "Cumulative upkeep green mana." When it leaves the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to you and each creature you control. (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Splintering Wind was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to follow the narrative of the Ice Age block, focusing on the tactical challenges of a world in environmental collapse. It introduced mechanics that encouraged players to engage with their sideboards and utilize specific color-shifted strategies, marking a period of experimentation within Wizards of the Coast's early development cycles.

The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Jeff A. Menges, who contributed extensively to the game’s early aesthetic. Menges’s style favored a gritty, traditional fantasy approach that helped define the visual identity of the 1990s era of the game. Splintering Wind was specifically designed to provide a repeatable removal effect, though it was received with mixed competitive enthusiasm due to the high mana cost and restrictive nature of its upkeep requirement.

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