Cloudspire Captain
Creature — Human Pilot
Mounts and Vehicles you control get +1/+1.
This creature saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #10752
Cloudspire Captain lands as a lord-style payoff with immediate board impact — the kind of card that demands an answer or ends the game in the air. Kolodin, Triumph Caster decks are its natural home, where the flying-matters engine turns every token into a real threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster is built to flood the board with flying creatures and reward you for doing so, and Cloudspire Captain slots directly into that engine as a lord that amplifies every flier already in play. Over 65% of Kolodin decks run it, which is about as close to consensus as this format gets.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower cares about artifacts and creatures with evasion, and Cloudspire Captain provides a buff layer that makes combat math difficult for opponents to survive. Roughly 40% inclusion reflects how naturally it fits the aerial aggression this commander wants to close games with.
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force pushes fast, attacking-matters strategies, and Cloudspire Captain's anthem effect turns a board of fliers into a lethal clock before opponents can stabilize. About 27% of Samut decks run it as a redundant threat-multiplier.
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Greasefang, Okiba Boss is primarily a Vehicles deck, but Cloudspire Captain appears in roughly 17% of builds as a payoff for the flying crew members and tokens that support the main combo line.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cloudspire Captain earns its slot in any deck that goes wide with fliers — it's not a generic include, but in the right shell it's a genuine win condition. Competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern have access to more efficient lord effects and faster clocks, so Cloudspire Captain won't displace established staples there. Standard and Pioneer are where its stock rises if a dedicated flying-tribal or tokens-with-evasion deck exists in the meta, since four mana is a real cost but the payoff is immediate. Across the board, this is a card that rewards you for building around it rather than stapling it into a pile.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Cloudspire Captain is bulk — easy to pick up, no financial risk to test. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles rarely appreciate, so treat it as a cheap role-player and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Samut, the Driving Force
- Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.