Tradewind Rider is often used in land-control deck such as Tradewind-Geddon. You set up control, wipe out lands, then return opponent's land to his hand every turn for the lock down. Winter Orb is also a popular choice.
Another version uses Awakening to gain extra untap steps so one could return permanents back to opponents' hand rapidly.
Third version involves control cards in general, such as Zur's Weirding and Stasis, to control the field.
Posted By:
Cyberium
(5/10/2011 1:54:04 AM)
This card is great for a blue control deck...See the look on an opponents face when you have a Tradewind Rider on the board with a couple of creatures and you start playing the Gilded Drake bounce game...
Posted By:
Rides1
(10/21/2009 1:28:15 AM)
works well with some of the untap creatures from Shadowmoor like Silkbind Faerie
Posted By:
morticianjohn
(2/3/2010 5:09:34 AM)
Huh...I see it...Play this, then next turn Gilded Drake (Assuming you would have at least another creature on the field) Switch creatures with your opponent, return Gilded Drake to YOUR hand, rinse and repeat!!
HAHA!!
Kinda like my Bazaar Trader+Mark of Mutiny Combo
d^-^b
but more EPIC!!
d+_+b
Posted By:
Jokergius
(4/8/2010 11:37:53 PM)
This thing was so ridiculously OP when it was legal. There are a few cards with as many possibilities as this that are even remotely acceptable to reprint. This would be a card worth reprinting without being boken in the current format.
Posted By:
kylenyu
(1/13/2010 11:52:01 PM)
Why is this so good? I don't get it. Isn't it just another one of those "entropy" cars?
Posted By:
TheTraitorKing
(1/1/2010 5:07:48 AM)
Agonizing with Capsize. This kind of repeatable bounce must have given some decks headaches, especially with countermagic to back them up.
That said, I kinda want one, lol.
Posted By:
Lord_Ascapelion
(12/6/2012 10:45:06 AM)
Simply one of my favourite creatures of all times! For the ocasional merciless lock, the effective combination with discard and the fact that blue can't do much against artifacts and enchantments beside bouncing/countering them. My Legacy decks are always kinda creature-heavy even when I play blue, so I'm always able to make good use of a couple of these.
Posted By:
Eustache_the_Moose
(12/10/2012 7:20:03 AM)
Freed from the Real = 
: bounce something.
Posted By:
MattLynn
(4/12/2013 5:39:59 PM)
Combo with Prophet of Kruphix for a difficult lock down for your opponent to overcome.
Posted By:
Zoltantf
(11/1/2013 4:22:18 PM)