Skyclave Squid
Creature — Squid
Defender
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #24548
Skyclave Squid enters as a 3/3 for two mana whenever you have a full party, making it a legitimately efficient beater in decks built around Warriors, Rogues, Clerics, and Wizards. Outside of dedicated party shells, it's a vanilla 1/1 for two — unplayable.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skyclave Squid is a party-mechanic card, which means it lives or dies by how consistently you assemble all four creature types. In Commander, that payoff is real in dedicated tribal party builds, but the card still competes with better two-drops that don't require assembly. In Pauper, the party mechanic saw niche play and Skyclave Squid is legal, but it rarely makes the cut over creatures that contribute to the party rather than reward it. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no meaningful party-deck infrastructure, so the Squid has no functional role in those formats.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Skyclave Squid is pure bulk — the floor of the market. It won't hold any value beyond its playability ceiling, which is narrow enough that demand is unlikely to move the price in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.