---
name: "Cloudskate"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Illusion"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Fading"]
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "648e4072-b991-46fd-b057-1e807091dcdf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cloudskate-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cloudskate
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Illusion
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Fading

## Oracle Text
Flying
Fading 3 (This creature enters with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fleeting Image](/printing/fleeting-image-7ed.md) — Creature — Illusion
2. [Riftwing Cloudskate](/printing/riftwing-cloudskate-tsr.md) — Creature — Illusion
3. [Phantasmal Forces](/printing/phantasmal-forces-5ed.md) — Creature — Illusion
4. [Gossamer Phantasm](/printing/gossamer-phantasm-plc.md) — Creature — Illusion
5. [Illusionary Forces](/printing/illusionary-forces-me1.md) — Creature — Illusion
6. [Spindrift Drake](/printing/spindrift-drake-sth.md) — Creature — Drake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #29
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`