Oketra's Attendant
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Embalm 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Soldier with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21379
Oketra's Attendant is a five-mana 3/3 flying creature that cycles for three mana and returns itself from the graveyard when you cycle it — solid recursive pressure in white token and cycling shells. The rate is unspectacular on its own, but the self-recurrence makes it a persistent threat that rewards decks already leaning on the graveyard or cycling synergies.
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 |
Commander is where Oketra's Attendant earns its slot, specifically in white decks built around cycling, token generation, or graveyard recursion — commanders that trigger on cycling or care about creatures entering from the graveyard get real mileage from the built-in loop. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, the rate is simply too slow; five mana for a 3/3 with a conditional recursion clause doesn't compete with the threats and interaction available at that cost. Legacy and Vintage don't need it — the formats have far more efficient options for any effect Oketra's Attendant provides. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: narrow but functional in the right shell.
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Price Context
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.