Soratami Cloudskater

Creature — Moonfolk Rogue

Flying
{2}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Draw a card, then discard a card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Champions of Kamigawa
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#16586
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Soratami Cloudskater turns excess lands into card selection at instant speed, which is the entire reason to run it — a 1/1 flier with no other text would be unplayable, but the loot ability makes it a repeatable engine in the right shell. The cost is real: it asks for both mana and lands to activate, so it stalls in land-light hands and competes with your own development.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Soratami Cloudskater sees virtually no play in Legacy or Vintage, where a 1U 1/1 that loots for additional mana and lands can't compete with the raw power of those formats. Pauper is the more realistic competitive home — commons-based blue decks that care about the graveyard or need filtering at common rarity at least give it a look, though it rarely makes cuts there either. Commander is where Soratami Cloudskater has the most legitimate role: Naban, Dean of Iteration, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist, and other Wizard-tribal commanders that double enter-the-battlefield or activated triggers can turn one loot into two, making the math suddenly reasonable. Outside of Wizard synergies, the card is strictly outclassed by staples like Faithless Looting or Frantic Search in any format that allows them.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Soratami Cloudskater is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. That price is stable simply because demand is low and supply is plentiful, so there's no reason to expect movement in either direction.

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