Star Charter
Creature — Bat Cleric
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained or lost life this turn, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card with power 3 or less from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #9736
Star Charter puts a Treasure and a Clue onto the battlefield the turn it arrives — ramp and card selection stapled together on a two-drop. In Zoraline, Cosmos Caller decks specifically, that constellation of triggered value makes it close to an auto-include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller cares about enchantments and constellation triggers, and Star Charter's enter-the-battlefield output — a Treasure plus a Clue — fuels both the mana acceleration and the card filtering that keep Zoraline's engine running, which is why it shows up in over 83% of registered lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Star Charter is legal everywhere except Pauper, but Commander is the only format where it genuinely earns a slot. In 60-card formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy — a two-mana enchantment that produces one Treasure and one Clue is too slow and too low-impact against the density of threats those formats demand. Commander's singleton structure and slower average game pace let the enters-the-battlefield trigger do real work, especially in enchantress or constellation shells where every permanent with a relevant type pulls extra weight. Outside of niche Commander builds, Star Charter doesn't make the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Star Charter is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the slot fits. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow appeal rarely appreciate, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.