Cloud Spirit
Creature — Spirit
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #30429
Cloud Spirit is a 3/1 flier for three mana with islandwalk — a statline that was marginal in 1997 and hasn't improved with age. There are strictly better blue flying creatures at every point on the curve; run this only if you're building around islandwalk as a theme and have exhausted better options.
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 |
Cloud Spirit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper it competes against a deep pool of efficient blue commons and doesn't make the cut. In Legacy and Vintage the bar for a three-mana 3/1 is essentially insurmountable. Commander is the only format where islandwalk could theoretically matter — pair it with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or a Merfolk-heavy pod — but even there, Cloud Spirit is outclassed by cheaper, more impactful fliers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Cloud Spirit sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its actual demand. It won't lose value because there's almost none to lose — pick it up freely for a casual islandwalk build, but don't expect it to matter in any competitive context.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.