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Reveillark

Creature — Elemental

Flying
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return up to two target creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Evoke {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2016
Price
$0.51
EDHREC rank
#3271
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Reveillark card art
Reveillark enters the battlefield as a 4/3 flier and leaves as a two-creature recursion engine — any two creatures with power 2 or less back from your graveyard, for free, on any zone change. The Karmic Guide loop is the headline, but even outside infinite lines, a single Reveillark trigger in a Karador, Ghost Chieftain shell refuels your board faster than most draw spells.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Karador, Ghost Chieftain

42.3% of decks · synergy 0.39

Karador, Ghost Chieftain is a graveyard engine by nature, and Reveillark fits as both a recursion piece and a loop enabler — pair it with Karmic Guide and a free sac outlet and you have an infinite combo that Karador can reassemble from the command zone after any disruption.

02
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

39.5% of decks · synergy 0.38

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death attacks and reanimates creatures with power 2 or less, which means Reveillark itself is a legal target — and once it's back, it threatens to rebuy two more creatures on its way out again, creating a recursive value chain that compounds every combat.

03
Bane, Lord of Darkness

Bane, Lord of Darkness

29.8% of decks · synergy 0.29

Bane, Lord of Darkness demands a steady supply of creatures to sacrifice, and Reveillark plugs the drain by returning two power-2-or-less bodies every time it dies — keeping the sacrifice fuel flowing without burning through hand resources.

04
Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher

27.3% of decks · synergy 0.25

Preston, the Vanisher creates tokens whenever a non-token creature enters on your side, so Reveillark's two-target recursion trigger effectively reads 'create two additional tokens' — doubling the enter-the-battlefield payoff on every loop.

05
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd

Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd

24.4% of decks · synergy 0.22

Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd blinks creatures to harvest enter-the-battlefield triggers, and Reveillark's leaves-the-battlefield clause fires every time it flickers out — turning each Phelia activation into a free recursion event on top of whatever ETB you were already chasing.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Reveillark does its real work — the format's long games, graveyard-dense tables, and free sacrifice outlets make the Reveillark plus Karmic Guide loop one of the most accessible infinite combos in the format, completable at instant speed with an Altar of Dementia or similar. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes against faster, more broken recursive threats and rarely sees play. Modern is the same story: the five-mana ask is steep for a format that ends on turns three and four, and there's no meaningful Reveillark presence there. Reveillark is, in practice, a Commander card.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.51 bulk tier

At $0.51, Reveillark is deep bulk despite being a genuine combo piece in one of the most popular formats — the price reflects years of reprints rather than any drop in playability. It's a safe include at this cost with no meaningful downside risk.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.