Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence: Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Monk, Saviors of Kamigawa. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Monk
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)
- Released
- 2005-06-03
- Collector number
- 35
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Keywords
- Flying
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK), an expansion set released in June 2005. It is collector number 35 in that set, with art by Matt Cavotta. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It is banned in Commander and PreDH. Saviors of Kamigawa is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $13.85 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
Whenever the fourth spell of a turn is cast, flip Erayo.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $13.85 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Banned |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence, newest first.
- Each Ascendant is legendary in both its unflipped and flipped forms. This means that effects that look for legendary creature cards, such as Time of Need and Captain Sisay, can find an Ascendant.
- If Erayo, Soratami Ascendant flips while an opponent’s first spell for the turn is still on the stack, the ability of Erayo’s Essence doesn’t trigger because the opponent’s spell has already been cast. The spell isn’t countered.
- Erayo’s Essence triggers only for the first spell an opponent casts in a given turn. It doesn’t trigger off any other spell that player casts after the first.
- If you have multiple opponents, Erayo’s Essence can trigger once for each opponent.
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