Vela the Night-Clad

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Vela the Night-Clad: Legendary Creature - Human Wizard, Starter Commander Decks. Intimidate. Other creatures you control have intimidate. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
256
Artist
Allen Williams
Commander rank
10,647 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Intimidate
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Vela the Night-Clad

Vela the Night-Clad is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black legendary creature from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 256 in that set, with art by Allen Williams. It costs {4}{U}{B} (four generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Planechase 2012 (2012) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Other creatures you control have intimidate.

Whenever Vela or another creature you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.47 (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 Vela the Night-Clad by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Vela the Night-Clad

Vela the Night-Clad has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #PC2-107Mythic2021
Commander 2017 (C17) #201Mythic2017
Planechase Anthology (PCA) #107Mythic2016
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #118Rare2015
Commander's Arsenal (CM1) #18Mythic2012
Planechase 2012 (PC2) #107Mythic2012

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Vela the Night-Clad.

  • If Vela leaves the battlefield at the same time as other creatures you control, its ability will trigger for each of those creatures.

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