Soaring Stoneglider

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A 4/3 flying vigilance for {2}{W} is aggressively statted for Limited, where the graveyard exile discount is easy to satisfy; in Commander it's outclassed by better 3-drops and the exile cost actively hurts graveyard-based strategies, making it fringe. It fits precon and core brackets as a straightforward combat threat. Negative archetypes include reanimator and dredge because exiling your own graveyard undermines those plans.

• The additional cost can be paid two ways — exiling two graveyard cards OR paying {1}{W} — making this a legitimate 3-drop even in decks with no graveyard synergy, though you pay full rate at {3}{W}{W} effectively.

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• The exile-from-graveyard mode actively depletes resources that reanimator, dredge, and mill-yourself-payoff decks depend on, so it is an anti-synergy card in those archetypes rather than just suboptimal.

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• At 4/3 flying vigilance for {2}{W} (with graveyard fulfillment), this is one of the most efficient white aggressive fliers at 3 CMC, making it a genuine bomb in Limited despite being uncommon.

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• EDHREC rank: #28,571