Arashi, the Sky Asunder
Legendary Creature — Spirit
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: Arashi deals X damage to target creature with flying.
Channel — , Discard this card: It deals X damage to each creature with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #18560
Arashi, the Sky Asunder is a repeatable, uncounterable flying sweeper stapled to a 5/5 body — it kills every flier on the board for enough mana, or snipes a single target for less. The cost is that it only hits flying creatures, leaving ground-based threats completely untouched.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Arashi, the Sky Asunder actually earns a slot — flying is the dominant evasion type in the format, and having a repeatable answer in the command zone or in the 99 that dodges countermagic is genuinely useful in green, which otherwise struggles with air coverage. The channel ability means it trades a single activation for card equity rather than requiring the creature to survive, which matters in a removal-heavy format. In Legacy and Vintage it's legally playable but competes with far more efficient interaction and sees essentially no play. Modern is the same story — the five-mana floor and creature-type restriction make it uncompetitive in a format that demands earlier, broader answers.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Arashi, the Sky Asunder is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its narrow role rather than any lack of power. It's unlikely to climb without a reprint into a high-visibility product or a sudden spike in flying-heavy Commander metas, so pick it up cheap if it fits your deck and don't overthink it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.