Sky Swallower
Creature — Leviathan
Flying
When this creature enters, target opponent gains control of all other permanents you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #24385
Sky Swallower lands as a 8/8 flying trample for five mana — one of the best rate bodies in blue — and then hands your opponents every permanent you control except it. The catch is real: any opponent running Leyline of Sanctity dodges the gift entirely, and even without protection, you're rebuilding from zero the moment it dies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sky Swallower is a Commander card through and through — the chaos of a four-player table means the gifted permanents scatter across three opponents, diluting the downside and creating political leverage you can't manufacture in one-on-one play. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable competitively; five mana for a conditional 8/8 that nukes your own board is nowhere near the efficiency those formats demand. Modern is technically legal but the same logic applies harder — aggro kills you before this resolves, and control has better finishers that don't self-destruct. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander multiplayer environment where Sky Swallower could find a niche, particularly in donate-style strategies, but the smaller starting hand size makes recovering from the permanent wipe steeper.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Leyline of SanctitySky SwallowerFractured IdentityLier, Disciple of the Drowned
Gain control of all permanents; Mass Land Denial
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Sky Swallower is firmly bulk — a niche Commander card that never spiked and has no competitive demand pulling its price up. It's a stable bulk rare; pick it up for a donate deck without a second thought, but don't expect it to appreciate.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.