Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Flying, lifelink
Ward—Discard a card.
Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that's a copy of that permanent attached to that creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6861
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain copies every Aura you attach to a creature onto a second target creature — for free, at instant speed — turning incremental enchantment payoffs into board-wide explosions. The cost is a five-mana commander with no built-in protection, so she lives or dies by how fast you can suit her up before the removal comes down; Ratonhnhaké꞉ton lists treat that risk as acceptable because the ceiling on turn-one Aura doubling is absurd.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton generates an Aura every combat step, so Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain turns each of those free attachments into two simultaneous buffs — one on the attacking creature, one on any other target — making the board scale twice as fast without spending additional mana or cards.
Noctis, Heir Apparent
Noctis, Heir Apparent leans into equipment and Aura synergies to push power/toughness and keyword soup, and Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain doubles the Aura half of that equation so you can flood two creatures with Flying, Lifelink, or whatever pushed enchantment you resolve on a single cast.
Eriette, the Beguiler
Eriette, the Beguiler taxes opponents for each Aura attached to their creatures, and Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain doubles the Aura count hitting the board per spell — two enchantments trigger Eriette's drain where one did before, accelerating the life-loss clock without increasing card investment.
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn rewards stacking Auras on your own creatures with card advantage and stat boosts, and Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain's copy effect means a single Aura spell populates two creatures simultaneously — stretching G'raha's payoffs across more bodies without diluting the enchantment density.
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 unambiguously where Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain belongs — a five-mana legendary whose value compounds over a long game against multiple opponents is exactly the profile this format rewards. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but irrelevant; those formats aren't interested in a five-mana do-nothing-until-you-attach-an-Aura creature when faster threats dominate by turn two. Oathbreaker could find niche use pairing her with an Aura-based signature spell for repeated doubling, though the 20-life starting total compresses the window considerably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.