Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

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Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher: Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier
Colour identity
White and black (WB)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Mythic
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
5
Artist
Randy Vargas
Commander rank
2,903 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and black legendary creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 5 in that set, with art by Randy Vargas. It costs {3}{W}{B} (three generic, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Carmen and you gain 1 life.

Whenever Carmen attacks, return up to one target permanent card with mana value less than or equal to Carmen's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #26Mythic2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, newest first.

  • If a permanent is sacrificed to pay a cost of a spell or ability, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability will resolve before that spell or ability. Conversely, if a permanent is sacrificed during the resolution of a spell or ability, that spell or ability will finish resolving before Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability is put onto the stack.
  • If another effect causes Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's power to be less than the mana value of the target card as its last ability tries to resolve, the target is illegal. You won't return the target card to the battlefield.
  • If you sacrifice Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, its second ability will still trigger.

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