Aegis Sculptor
Creature — Bird Wizard
Flying
Ward 
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile two cards from your graveyard. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #21915
Aegis Sculptor gives a target creature defender and draws you a card — the entire value proposition is stapled onto a 2/3 body for three mana. That rate is too slow and too conditional to compete in any serious list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aegis Sculptor is legal across every major constructed format, but it doesn't see play in any of them. In Commander, three mana to grant defender and cycle is strictly worse than nearly every blue draw spell available at that cost — you're giving up tempo to make a creature worse. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the effect is irrelevant; no competitive archetype wants to pay three mana to put a restriction on its own creature. Standard is the only context where bulk common filler sometimes finds a home, but Aegis Sculptor's effect is too narrow to build around even there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Aegis Sculptor sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that moves in bulk lots or draft chaff, not in singles. There's no demand driver that would push this above bulk floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.