A-Nadu, Winged Wisdom
Mana Cost:
Type: Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Oracle Text:
Flying
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand. This ability triggers only twice each turn.
Power/Toughness: 3/4
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Modern Horizons 3
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Character Background
A-Nadu, Winged Wisdom reads like a compact engine for value-tempo: a 3/4 flyer for three that punishes removal and rewards targeted interaction by turning each hit into either ramp or card advantage. Thematically, the bird feels like a patient tutor whose gaze makes the next draw bend to your needs; mechanically it gives you two tidy reveals per turn whenever your creatures are targeted, so opposing removal or your own protection tricks both become meaningful resource generators. Build it into a tempo/value shell that uses cheap protection and targeting spells (Blossoming Defense, Vines of Vastwood, even Ephemerate/Cloudshift if you splash white) to deliberately trigger A-Nadu while keeping creatures alive, and add top-deck manipulators like Brainstorm, Ponder, or Sylvan Library to maximize nonland reveals. Remember the cap: you only get two triggers per turn, so space your targets across phases or target different creatures to squeeze full value; it’s best as a tempo finisher that also doubles as a steady ramp/draw engine.
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