Auratouched Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, search your library for an Aura card that could enchant it. If this creature is still on the battlefield, put that Aura card onto the battlefield attached to it. Otherwise, reveal the Aura card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17198
Auratouched Mage tutors any Aura from your library directly onto the battlefield when it enters — no mana cost paid, no targeting restriction beyond what the Aura itself imposes. The catch is a 6-mana body that dies to a stiff breeze, so blinking it repeatedly with something like Tawnos's Coffin is less a cute trick and more a requirement to justify the slot.
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 |
Commander is the only realistic home for Auratouched Mage. The six-mana cost and fragile 3/3 body disqualify it from Legacy and Vintage, where the format's density of interaction makes entering-the-battlefield value at that price point unplayable. Modern is similarly hostile — six mana for a tutor that doesn't protect itself simply doesn't compete. In Commander, Auratouched Mage earns a niche in dedicated Aura strategies, particularly those with blink or flicker support, where the free-tutor trigger becomes a repeatable engine rather than a one-shot gamble.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Tawnos's CoffinAuratouched MageNature's ChosenTreachery
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Put all enchant creature Auras in your library onto the battlefield
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Auratouched Mage isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow appeal and bulk-rare trajectory, it's almost certainly an inexpensive pickup — the question is whether the slot is worth it at any price in your specific list.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.