---
name: "Pale Recluse"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Spider"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: ["Reach", "Plainscycling", "Landcycling", "Forestcycling", "Typecycling", "Cycling"]
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cyril Van Der Haegen"
oracle_id: "488ca652-653b-4bb3-891c-874efdd418ff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pale-recluse-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pale Recluse
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Spider
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Reach, Plainscycling, Landcycling, Forestcycling, Typecycling, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Forestcycling {2}, plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Jungle Weaver](/printing/jungle-weaver-ala.md) — Creature — Spider
2. [Gnottvold Recluse](/printing/gnottvold-recluse-khm.md) — Creature — Spider
3. [Oran-Rief Recluse](/printing/oran-rief-recluse-zen.md) — Creature — Spider
4. [Hitchclaw Recluse](/printing/hitchclaw-recluse-ori.md) — Creature — Spider
5. [Deadly Recluse](/printing/deadly-recluse-2x2.md) — Creature — Spider
6. [Kessig Recluse](/printing/kessig-recluse-dka.md) — Creature — Spider

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #74
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cyril Van Der Haegen
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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