Augury Adept
Creature — Kithkin Wizard
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You gain life equal to its mana value.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.57
- EDHREC rank
- #18674
Augury Adept puts the top card of your library into your hand and gains you that much life every time it connects — repeatable card advantage and lifegain stapled to a 2/2 for three mana. The catch is that a 2/2 in Commander needs help to connect consistently, so the payoff is real but the setup cost is non-trivial.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Augury Adept rewards evasion-granting commanders — anything that makes blocking irrelevant turns every attack into a free draw and a life buffer. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal but offer zero competitive context: a fragile 2/2 at three mana with a conditional trigger doesn't clear the bar in any of those formats. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card exception where it can fit a Azorius value shell with a spellslinger planeswalker, but even there the body is undersized for the cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.57 bulk tier
At $0.57, Augury Adept sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a reprint or renewed competitive interest. It's a safe pickup if the synergy is there — you're not risking anything at this price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.