Coastal Wizard
Creature — Human Wizard
: Return this creature and another target creature to their owners' hands. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $3.25
- EDHREC rank
- #29925
Coastal Wizard enters and immediately cantrips — drawing you a card the turn it arrives — and its extra-turn synergy with Wormfang Manta is the reason it shows up in flicker and blink lists at all. The floor is a 2/2 for three mana that replaces itself; the ceiling is a repeatable extra-turn engine.
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 |
Commander is where Coastal Wizard earns its slot, specifically in blink and flicker decks that can repeatedly trigger its enters-the-battlefield draw. Outside of Commander, it's technically legal in Legacy and Vintage, but neither format has any interest in a vanilla 2/2 that draws one card — the competition at three mana is brutal. Oathbreaker shares Commander's blink infrastructure and is the only other format where it's worth a serious look.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$3.25 cheap tier
At $3.25, Coastal Wizard sits at the low end of the medium-rare tier — cheap enough to slot in without hesitation, but slightly elevated for a card with a narrow home. The price reflects its niche demand from blink brewers rather than broad staple status, so it's unlikely to spike or crater dramatically.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.