Cloud Crusader
Creature — Human Knight
Flying
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #26717
Cloud Crusader is a four-mana 2/3 with flying and first strike — a statline that blocks well in the air but threatens nothing offensively. Bulk filler in every format; play it only if you're deliberately running Commons or need a cheap flying body for a very specific synergy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cloud Crusader is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth flatters it — competitive lists in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no use for a four-mana 2/3 when better flying bodies exist at every point on the curve. In Pauper, the Common restriction makes it at least contextually relevant as an air blocker with first strike, though it rarely makes cuts in established archetypes. Commander is where Cloud Crusader sees the most casual play, slotting into white go-wide or flying-tribal shells that simply need bodies, but it's always the first cut when upgrades become available.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Cloud Crusader is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in bulk lots, not singles. That price is a floor with nowhere meaningful to go, so there's no financial angle here, just a near-free filler option if the effect happens to fill a slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.