Cleanup Crew
Creature — Human Citizen
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile target card from a graveyard.
• You gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #15422
Cleanup Crew enters and destroys up to one each of an artifact, enchantment, and non-basic land — three permanent types on a single trigger, which is a level of board impact most removal spells can't touch. The cost is a five-mana 4/4 with no evasion, but Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood decks that cheat it into play off Gilanra's ability sidestep that cost entirely, making the upside essentially free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Gilanra's cast trigger lets you dig for any creature costing six or more, and Cleanup Crew's three-in-one removal hits exactly the permanent types that slow down a stompy creature strategy — artifacts that fog your combat, enchantments that lock down Alena, and non-basic lands that power greedy mana bases — so 56% of these decks run it for good reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cleanup Crew is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table is the only context where destroying an artifact, enchantment, and non-basic land on a single creature enters the value calculus correctly, since you're almost guaranteed targets across three opponents. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but irrelevant: five mana for a 4/4 with no immediate clock can't compete at those power levels, and the removal package is redundant against decks that often don't run non-basics or enchantments in meaningful numbers. Stick to EDH, where the three-for-one is real and the body is serviceable as a chump or combat threat in the late game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Cleanup Crew is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. That price is stable floor territory; there's no spike upside here, but for a Gilanra pile running 50-plus percent inclusion it's one of the cheapest auto-includes you'll slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.