Clever Concealment
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Any number of target nonland permanents you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Price
- $11.45
- EDHREC rank
- #633
Clever Concealment phases out any number of nonland permanents you control for free — zero mana if you have three or more artifacts or enchantments — making it one of the most efficient ways in white to dodge a sweeper or a resolved Kaervek's Spite. Commanders like Neyali, Suns' Vanguard run it as a staple because the convoke cost is trivially met and the protection is unconditional.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard builds a wide token board that pays for Clever Concealment through convoke, then keeps the whole army safe through a wrath so the double-strike trigger engine survives into the next attack step.
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER accumulates equipment and creature tokens that trivially convoke out Clever Concealment, protecting the entire battlefield investment from a single removal spell or sweeper that would otherwise reset the damage-counter gameplan.
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo wants her enchantments and creatures on the battlefield for as long as possible, and Clever Concealment phases the whole package out of danger without triggering any leaves-the-battlefield effects.
King of the Oathbreakers
King of the Oathbreakers floods the board with Rogue tokens that pay the convoke cost, and Clever Concealment protects both the commander and the army from the sweepers opponents deploy to break up the synergy.
Otharri, Suns' Glory
Otharri, Suns' Glory needs experience counters and a standing army to function, so Clever Concealment's ability to save the whole board — commander included — from a wrath at zero effective mana cost is exactly the insurance the deck needs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Clever Concealment lives — the format's permanent-heavy boards and four-player sorcery-speed sweepers make the convoke cost trivially easy to meet, and phasing dodges everything from Cyclonic Rift to Farewell. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees essentially no play; those formats don't build the wide artifact or enchantment boards that enable the convoke discount, and instant-speed protection spells with narrower costs are easier to deploy in two-player games. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same logic applies: if your planeswalker deck goes wide, Clever Concealment earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Teferi's Protection is the direct comparison — same role, harder to replicate, but it costs more and doesn't benefit from convoke. For a cheaper alternative, Unbreakable Formation covers the creature side for around $0.50 and adds indestructible rather than phasing, though it misses artifacts and enchantments entirely; Semester's End phases out creatures and planeswalkers for roughly $1 and puts them back with a counter, which is a fair consolation prize but still leaves your non-creature permanents exposed. Neither fully replaces Clever Concealment in decks that need to protect an artifact or enchantment engine.
Price Context
Current price
$11.45 mid tier
At $11.45, Clever Concealment sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a conscious deckbuilding decision, cheap enough that it belongs in any deck that can reliably convoke it. It's a played staple with a clear role, so the price is stable rather than speculative.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.