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Stonecloaker

Creature — Gargoyle

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
When this creature enters, exile target card from a graveyard.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander Anthology
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#12975
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Stonecloaker card art
Stonecloaker enters as a 3/1 flier with flash, exiles a creature from any graveyard, and bounces itself back to hand when that creature would leave — all for two mana, at instant speed. That combination of free recursion denial, a relevant body, and an Aluren-compatible mana cost makes it one of the most efficient utility creatures in white, and God-Eternal Oketra turns every free replay into a 4/4 Warrior token.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
God-Eternal Oketra

God-Eternal Oketra

57.7% of decks · synergy 0.57

God-Eternal Oketra triggers on every creature cast, so each time Stonecloaker bounces itself and gets replayed, you're stamping out a 4/4 Warrior token — a loop that can flood the board with minimal investment if Aluren is in play.

02
Ephara, God of the Polis

Ephara, God of the Polis

31.6% of decks · synergy 0.31

Ephara, God of the Polis draws a card at each upkeep where you put a nontoken creature onto the battlefield under your control, and Stonecloaker's flash lets you trigger that on opponents' turns with regularity, turning repeated bounces into reliable card advantage.

03
Karametra, God of Harvests

Karametra, God of Harvests

14.2% of decks · synergy 0.14

Karametra, God of Harvests fetches a basic land every time you cast a creature, so each Stonecloaker replay is both a graveyard denial tool and a free land drop, accelerating a deck that already wants to chain creature casts.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Stonecloaker does its real work — flash and a enters-the-battlefield effect that costs nothing beyond the cast make it a recurring answer to reanimator strategies, and the self-bounce loop is easy to weaponize with any commander that rewards casting creatures repeatedly. In Legacy and Vintage, Stonecloaker is legal but competes with a density of faster, more broken options; it occasionally appears in fringe Flash or creature toolbox shells, but it is never a staple. Modern access is there in theory, though the card sees virtually no competitive play in that format. For Commander specifically, the combination of instant speed, graveyard hate, and combo potential with Aluren puts it above the noise of generic utility creatures.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Intruder AlarmStonecloaker

Intruder AlarmStonecloaker

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Stonecloaker is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for under a dollar, and the price reflects its low general-format demand rather than its actual power level in Commander. Don't expect that to change dramatically, but the combination of combo relevance and utility means it punches well above its price tag.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.