To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
A creature spell that doesn't have flying won't cost less even if an effect will cause the creature to have flying once on the battlefield. This is also true if the creature spell itself has an ability that gives it flying once on the battlefield under certain conditions, even if those conditions are true.
The last ability of Warden of Evos Isle can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a creature spell with flying.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ANB — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #38 of *Arena Beginner Set*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Arena Beginner Set release.
Card type: Creature — Bird Wizard, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #3,761 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Nils Hamm. Rarix catalogs 782 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Nils Hamm
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