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Apprentice Wizard

Creature — Human Wizard

{U}, {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Fourth Edition
Price
$0.14
EDHREC rank
#10075
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Apprentice Wizard card art
Apprentice Wizard turns one blue mana into three blue mana for casting big spells, which is a meaningful rate when you're trying to land five- and six-drops ahead of schedule. The catch is the triple-blue activation cost — outside of dedicated blue-heavy shells or infinite-mana lines with something like Freed from the Real, it mostly sits idle, and Gogo, Master of Mimicry decks are currently the primary home that actually exploits it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gogo, Master of Mimicry

Gogo, Master of Mimicry

16.0% of decks · synergy 0.14

Gogo, Master of Mimicry copies creatures and leans on activated abilities, making Apprentice Wizard a mana engine that snowballs fast once Gogo is copying it across the board.

02
Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Azami, Lady of Scrolls

15.3% of decks · synergy 0.13

Azami, Lady of Scrolls draws cards off tapping Wizards, so Apprentice Wizard pulls double duty — it taps for mana and feeds Azami's engine, keeping the hand full while accelerating into the combo turns.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Apprentice Wizard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it sees meaningful play. In Pauper it's technically an option in blue tempo or Wizard tribal shells, though the triple-blue activation rarely fires in a format with thin mana bases. Legacy and Vintage have better acceleration at every mana cost, so Apprentice Wizard doesn't compete there. In Commander, the card is strictly a blue-heavy or Wizard-synergy include — if your deck can't reliably produce three blue in one turn, the mana production never comes online.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.14 bulk tier

At $0.14, Apprentice Wizard is bulk — no entry cost to test it, and no reason to expect that changes given its narrow competitive window. Pick it up freely, but don't expect the price to move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.