Call the Skybreaker
Sorcery
Create a 5/5 blue and red Elemental creature token with flying.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #18956
Call the Skybreaker lands a 5/5 flying token with haste the turn you cast it, and the epic rider means you're generating another one every upkeep for the rest of the game. Nine mana is a real ask, but once it resolves, the board pressure is self-sustaining and irreversible.
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 |
Call the Skybreaker is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games and higher mana ceilings are exactly where epic spells stop being a joke and start being a win condition. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; nine mana with no immediate game-ending effect is a non-starter in formats where the game is often over by turn three. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in pace, so the same logic applies: if you can reach nine mana, a free 5/5 flier every upkeep will close the game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Call the Skybreaker sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes sense for a narrow nine-mana sorcery with a small target audience. The price is stable — there's no spike risk, but also no reason to expect it to drop further, so picking up copies now costs essentially nothing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.