Cleaving Skyrider
Creature — Human Warrior
Flash
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of attacking creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #24624
Cleaving Skyrider enters as a 4/4 flying trampler with two +1/+1 counters when kicked, which is a legitimate threat for five or six mana — the problem is that a vanilla 4/4 flier for five is unplayable, and the kicker only becomes worthwhile in decks already built around +1/+1 counters. Run it in those decks; cut it everywhere else.
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 |
Cleaving Skyrider is a Commander card almost exclusively — the kicker payoff only matters when you have synergies like proliferate, counter doublers, or Simic-style value engines to leverage the counters it enters with. In Modern and Pioneer it's well below rate; a 4/4 flier for five with upside that requires an extra mana investment doesn't compete with the threats those formats run at the same cost. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for obvious reasons. In Commander, it slots cleanly into Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or counter-centric Simic builds where every entering creature with counters is a trigger waiting to happen.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Cleaving Skyrider is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not a binder. That price will hold at floor indefinitely unless a future combo or counter-synergy mechanic makes it spike, which is not a bet worth making.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.