Gustcloak Runner
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29019
Gustcloak Runner is a 1/1 for one white mana that can untap and remove itself from combat — a marginal evasion trick that rarely changes a game's outcome. The effect exists on better bodies at higher rates, and a 1/1 with no power upside belongs in a theme deck, not a tuned list.
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 |
Gustcloak Runner is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, where a card needs to affect the board at scale, a 1/1 that untaps itself from combat offers nothing meaningful against three opponents. Pauper is the most plausible home — white weenie strategies exist at the format's lower end — but even there, the effect doesn't advance a board state or protect anything worth protecting. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it whatsoever.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Gustcloak Runner is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a commons box. There's no meaningful demand driver here, so that price ceiling stays exactly where it is.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.