View from Above
Conflux 38 • uncommon
- Set
- Conflux
- Collector number
- 38
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Market price
- $0.71
What it does
Target creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand.
"This air feels so heavy and thick. There are no winds to speak of. I fear the knowledge that comes from a place like this."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
View from Above was released in February 2009 as part of the Conflux expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the second set in the Alara block, Conflux focused on the concept of 'confluence,' where the five disparate shards of the plane of Alara began to merge. This specific card was designed to mechanically represent the ability of a creature to gain flying, fitting the set's thematic emphasis on multicolored spells and the stabilization of the plane's fractured mana.
The artwork was commissioned from Howard Lyon, an illustrator known for his fantasy work within the game. Lyon aimed to depict an ethereal, elevated perspective that aligns with the card’s function of granting aerial mobility. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a functional, limited-environment tool, characteristic of the utility-focused uncommon slots that populated the Alara block’s design space.
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