Transluminant
Creature — Dryad Shaman
, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #30360
Transluminant replaces itself on entry and leaves a Spirit token behind when it dies, meaning you never truly lose the card — you trade it for a body and a card. Two mana for a 1/1 with upside is the floor here, and in any deck that wants creatures dying or entering, that floor is high enough to clear the bar.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Transluminant slots cleanly into token strategies, aristocrats shells, and any deck running Orzhov or Dimir blink synergies — the combination of a guaranteed draw and a death-trigger token does real work at minimal cost. In Pauper, where common-slot card advantage is fiercely competed for, Transluminant holds its own as a self-replacing threat that demands two answers. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest; the effect is fine, not broken, and those formats demand broken. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's assessment: if your signature spell or planeswalker cares about tokens or sacrifice fodder, Transluminant is worth a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Transluminant is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price is stable by definition; there's no spec ceiling, but there's also no reason it moves without a reprint into a widely-played precon.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.