Cloak of Confusion
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature you control
Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it assign no combat damage this turn. If you do, defending player discards a card at random.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27134
Cloak of Confusion makes the equipped creature unblockable by creatures of the same color and forces random discard whenever it deals combat damage — meaningful pressure for one mana to equip. It's a niche tool that earns its slot only in dedicated evasion-matters or discard-synergy shells; everywhere else, better equipment exists.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cloak of Confusion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander where multiplayer discard effects compound across three opponents. In Pauper it's technically playable but the format's aggressive creature-on-creature combat makes conditional unblockability unreliable. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the effect is far too slow and situational at those power levels. In Commander, niche builds centered on discard triggers or evasion-dependent commanders are the only contexts where Cloak of Confusion does real work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Cloak of Confusion is deep bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought on budget. That price is stable simply because demand is low, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.