View from Above
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This printing
SetPLST
Collector #CON-38
Released2026-11-09
Rarityuncommon
ArtistHoward Lyon
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

View from Above

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Target creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2009-02-06Newest 2009-02-06Cheapest priced $0.71 in CON
Rulings (3)
wotc1 Feb 2009
If View from Above doesn’t resolve for any reason (for example, if its target has become illegal), none of its effects happen. It will be put into your graveyard as normal.
wotc1 Feb 2009
This checks the colors of permanents you control as it resolves.
wotc1 Feb 2009
If you control a white permanent, View from Above moves from the stack to your hand as part of its resolution. It never hits the graveyard. If you don’t control a white permanent, View from Above is put into the graveyard from the stack as normal.