Colossal Skyturtle
Enchantment Creature — Turtle
Flying, ward 
Channel — 
, Discard this card: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Channel — 
, Discard this card: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #3683
Colossal Skyturtle puts a 5/4 flying, ward 2 body on board while also functioning as a channel spell — bounce a permanent or untap a creature — making it two cards in one without ever drawing a card. The cost is seven mana, which is steep, but commanders like Patron of the Orochi and Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists that generate surplus mana or reward big green creatures turn that price tag into a feature, not a bug.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists care about non-Human creatures with power 4 or greater, and Colossal Skyturtle's 5/4 body checks that box immediately while the channel mode gives the deck a tempo play even before the creature hits the field.
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy floods the board with mana from nonland sources, making a seven-mana creature trivially affordable, and Colossal Skyturtle's channel untap effect can reset a mana dork mid-combo for extra value.
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic runs a Turtle tribal shell by default, and Colossal Skyturtle is one of the most impactful Turtles in the game — a flying finisher that doubles as a removal spell through its channel mode.
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty grants cascade to spells with mana value six or greater, and Colossal Skyturtle at seven mana triggers that ability, turning a single threat into two spells and compounding the deck's already explosive velocity.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain tutors legendary permanents onto the battlefield, and Colossal Skyturtle's legendary status makes it a live target — a flying beater with built-in utility that Sisay can fetch when the situation calls for it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Colossal Skyturtle earns its slot in high-mana green strategies that want a resilient threat with built-in utility — the channel mode acts as emergency interaction when you don't need the body yet. In Modern and Pioneer, seven mana is a non-starter for any proactive strategy, and the channel effects are too low-impact compared to what other blue-green decks are doing at that point in the game. Legacy and Vintage are similarly hostile — the formats move too fast for a seven-drop that doesn't immediately win the game. Colossal Skyturtle is, functionally, a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Patron of the OrochiColossal SkyturtleWeaver of HarmonyPhantasmal ImageConcordant Crossroads
Infinite colored mana; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Colossal Skyturtle sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate for a seven-mana creature with niche appeal. It's not a card that pressures supply enough to spike, so expect this price to stay flat.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.