Citanul Flute
Artifact
, 
: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $3.67
- EDHREC rank
- #14465
Citanul Flute tutors any creature with mana cost X directly to hand at instant speed — repeatable, open-ended, and stapled to a colorless artifact any deck can run. The catch is the double activation cost: you pay X to activate, plus X again as the tutor trigger resolves, so fetching a six-drop costs twelve mana across two steps. In creature-combo decks where the target ends the game, that math is worth it; in goodstuff piles, it usually isn't.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arcum Dagsson
Arcum Dagsson tutors artifacts from play, not from hand — so Citanul Flute fills the gap by finding the specific artifact creature Arcum needs on the battlefield to begin that chain, turning two activations into a full combo assembly line.
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 where Citanul Flute actually lives. Singleton means you often have exactly one copy of a critical creature, and the Flute's open-ended X makes it a universal answer regardless of what that creature costs. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but laughably slow — no competitive shell wants to spend six-plus mana across two steps to tutor a creature when Survival of the Fittest and Green Sun's Zenith exist. Modern is the same story: the activation overhead prices it out entirely against the format's pace. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where it's worth revisiting, specifically in a high-mana shell built around a planeswalker that generates value on each upkeep.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.67 cheap tier
At $3.67, Citanul Flute sits in the cheap tier — low enough that the buy-in is trivial for any creature-combo Commander deck that wants it. It's a narrow enough card that the price is unlikely to spike without a reprint or a breakout decklist, so pick it up if the engine fits rather than treating it as a stable long-term hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Arcum Dagsson
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.