Soratami Cloud Chariot
Artifact
: Target creature you control gains flying until end of turn.: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target creature you control this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #27705
Soratami Cloud Chariot gives a creature flying and +1/+1 until end of turn by paying two mana and bouncing a land — a steep, repeatable cost for a modest, temporary buff. It's outclassed by nearly every evasion-granting equipment or enchantment in Commander, and the land-bounce tax means you're actively slowing your own development to squeeze out marginal value.
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 |
Soratami Cloud Chariot is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. In Commander, the combination of a five-mana entry cost and a two-mana-plus-a-land activation to grant temporary flying makes it too inefficient against the card density the format demands. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this effect at any price — the opportunity cost is prohibitive. Modern has better options at every point on the curve if temporary evasion is somehow the goal. Oathbreaker is the one context where a low-power table might tolerate it, but even there Soratami Cloud Chariot rarely earns a slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Soratami Cloud Chariot sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its play rate accurately. Don't expect movement in either direction — it's the kind of card that ends up in a bulk box, not a deck.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.