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Dance of the Skywise

{1}{U}

Instant

DTKDragons of Tarkir#50uncommon
Foil

The Ojutai believe in the Great Wheel: those who best serve the dragonlord are destined to be reborn as dragons.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1422
Illustrator
Jack Wang
Found in
Dragons of Tarkir MTGO Redemption Foil · Dragons of Tarkir MTGO Redemption · 3 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue Dragon Illusion with base power and toughness 4/4, loses all abilities, and gains flying.
Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.26
$0.06 low$0.05 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.95
$0.24 low-$0.36 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.26· across 1 printing

Rulings

5 · latest Feb 25, 2015 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 25, 2015

    After Dance of the Skywise resolves, the creature can gain abilities as normal.

  • WotCFeb 25, 2015

    Dance of the Skywise overrides all previous effects that set the creature’s power or toughness to specific values. However, effects that set its power or toughness to specific values that start to apply after Dance of the Skywise resolves will override this effect.

  • WotCFeb 25, 2015

    Effects that modify the power or toughness of the creature, such as the effects of Giant Growth or Hall of Triumph, will apply to it no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change the creature’s power or toughness (such as +1/+1 counters) and effects that switch its power and toughness.

  • WotCFeb 25, 2015

    The target creature will lose all other colors and creature types and be blue, a Dragon, and an Illusion. It will retain any other types it may have had, such as artifact.

  • WotCFeb 25, 2015

    The target creature will lose any abilities it may have gained prior to Dance of the Skywise resolving. Notably, if the creature is a face-down creature with morph or megamorph, you can’t turn it face up, as it wouldn’t have a morph or megamorph cost when face up (because it’s lost all abilities other than flying).