Spectral Cloak
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has shroud as long as it's untapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $4.67
- EDHREC rank
- #28611
Spectral Cloak turns any creature into a persistent evasion threat for two mana — the enchanted creature gets shroud and can only be blocked by creatures with flying or reach, which in most metas means it connects every combat. Two mana to make a commander effectively unblockable and hexproof-adjacent is a real rate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Spectral Cloak actually belongs — protecting a voltron or activated-ability commander from targeted removal while forcing through damage is exactly the use case this card was designed for. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but the card sees no meaningful play in either format; tempo strategies in those formats want interaction, not auras that leave you down a card when the creature dies. Oathbreaker is the secondary home, where protecting a low-toughness planeswalker-adjacent gameplan matters and the card's effect is worth the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.67 cheap tier
At $4.67, Spectral Cloak sits at the high end of budget auras given that most equivalent protection pieces cost under a dollar. The price holds mostly on low supply and niche demand rather than broad playability, so don't expect it to climb, but casual voltron players keep a quiet floor under it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.