Cloudskate
Creature — Illusion
Flying
Fading 3 (This creature enters with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #30184
Cloudskate gives you a 2/1 flyer that bounces itself at the end of your turn — a repeatable ETB trigger on a body that never sticks around to eat a removal spell. It's a niche card, useful only when you're actively abusing enters-the-battlefield effects, and a blank in any deck that isn't.
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 |
In Commander, Cloudskate earns a slot only in dedicated flicker or ETB-abuse builds where the self-bounce is a feature rather than a drawback — think Talrand, Sky Summoner for a free Drake each loop, or Naban, Dean of Iteration to double up wizard triggers. In Pauper, the common format where card quality matters most, it's too low-impact to compete with cheaper or stickier threats. Legacy and Vintage have the tools to break it in a single turn, but better self-bounce options exist at the same cost. Cloudskate is a Commander-or-nowhere card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Cloudskate is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common bin without looking hard. The price reflects the card's narrow application; it won't climb unless a high-profile ETB commander pushes it into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.