Skyclave Apparition
Creature — Kor Spirit
When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $1.37
- EDHREC rank
- #1192
Skyclave Apparition exiles any nonland, nontoken permanent with mana value four or less when it enters — that's unconditional removal stapled to a 2/2 body for three mana. The token it hands back on death is a real cost, but in flicker or blink shells like Quintorius, History Chaser, you're recycling the enter trigger fast enough that the downside rarely resolves into a problem.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers off spells cast from exile and permanents leaving the graveyard, so Skyclave Apparition does double duty — clearing a threat while feeding the engine every time it cycles through a blink loop.
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Ketramose, the New Dawn cares about creatures entering and leaving, and Skyclave Apparition is exactly the kind of cheap, impactful ETB piece the deck wants to replay — exile a blocker, get the trigger, repeat.
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd blinks her own creatures at will, and Skyclave Apparition is one of the best targets: each blink fires another exile removal effect, turning one card into a repeatable board-control tool.
The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man rewards running creatures with mana value three or less, and Skyclave Apparition slots in cleanly — it's on-curve, it removes a problem permanent, and it contributes to the wide-board game plan the deck pursues.
Yorion, Sky Nomad
Yorion, Sky Nomad was built to flicker enchantments and creatures for repeated ETB value, and Skyclave Apparition is a prime target: every Yorion activation fires another exile trigger, turning the death-token drawback into a non-issue.
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, Skyclave Apparition earns its slot as one of the format's most efficient permanent-removal pieces — hitting artifacts, enchantments, and creatures under mana value four covers the vast majority of the fast mana and hate pieces that define the format's threat landscape. In Modern and Pioneer, it saw serious competitive play as a removal spell that dodges the "destroy" clause, relevant against indestructible permanents and recursive threats. Legacy has enough raw power that three mana for removal is often too slow outside dedicated flicker or value shells. Skyclave Apparition is not legal in Standard or Pauper, but in every format where it is, the token-on-death clause is the only real reason to look elsewhere — and in blink or ETB-heavy shells, that drawback is almost entirely neutralized.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.37 cheap tier
At $1.37, Skyclave Apparition is well under-priced for what it does — a three-mana unconditional exile effect on a creature is a staple, and staples at this price rarely stay there. It's a buy-on-sight pickup for any white deck that touches creatures.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.