Clarion Conqueror
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Activated abilities of artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers can't be activated.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6822
Clarion Conqueror turns every nontoken creature you cast into a free Raise the Alarm — stacking a wide board faster than most removal can answer it. The cost is real: five mana is a lot to ask before the engine starts, and without a payoff like Winota, Joiner of Forces converting those tokens into more attackers, or Mycosynth Lattice warping what counts as a trigger, it's just a slow enchantment in a crowded five-drop slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Winota, Joiner of Forces is the natural home: Clarion Conqueror floods the board with Human tokens on every non-Human cast, then Winota converts each of those attackers into free Human triggers, building a self-reinforcing loop that can empty your library of creatures in a single combat.
Ellivere of the Wild Court
Ellivere of the Wild Court wants as many creatures entering the battlefield as possible to distribute Role tokens, and Clarion Conqueror doubles the entry count on every nontoken cast — each spell becomes two bodies to enchant, doubling Ellivere's output without spending extra cards.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clarion Conqueror is legal across every major constructed format but finds essentially no traction outside Commander — five mana for a creature-generating enchantment is simply too slow for Modern or Pioneer, where the game is often over before it untaps. In Legacy and Vintage the card doesn't survive the power-level bar. Commander is where it belongs: the long game rewards engines over efficiency, and a wide-board payoff scales harder with 99-card density of creatures than with any 60-card strategy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mycosynth LatticeClarion Conqueror
Activated abilities can't be activated; Lock; Mass Land Denial
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Zidane, Tantalus ThiefConfusion in the RanksClarion Conqueror
Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite Treasure tokens for one or more opponents; Infinite artifact ETB for one or more opponents; Infinite colored mana
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Clarion Conqueror isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its niche appeal — strong in Winota lists, scattered elsewhere — expect a budget-friendly tag; this is not the kind of card that holds a premium.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mycosynth Lattice
- Winota, Joiner of Forces
- Ellivere of the Wild Court
- Zidane, Tantalus Thief
- Confusion in the Ranks
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.