Aven Soulgazer
Creature — Bird Cleric
Flying
: Look at target face-down creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30943
Aven Soulgazer enters the battlefield and lets you look at the top card of each opponent's library, then reveals your own — meaningful information at instant speed if you can blink or recur it, but as a vanilla three-mana 2/2 flyer with no built-in repetition, the effect is a one-shot peek that rarely justifies the slot. It's a role-player in dedicated flicker or manifest-matters shells and a cut everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aven Soulgazer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees any real consideration is Commander. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient information-gathering tools, and the 2/2 body is irrelevant in those contexts. In Commander, the card earns its slot only in flicker-heavy builds where you can trigger the scry-adjacent effect multiple times per turn cycle — outside of that niche, the one-time intel on three libraries doesn't move the needle on your game plan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Aven Soulgazer is deep bulk — a penny-bin pickup that costs you nothing to try in a flicker shell. Don't expect that price to move; narrow utility on a common-sized body keeps demand flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.