Council of Advisors
Creature — Human Advisor
When this creature enters, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $6.36
- EDHREC rank
- #26112
Council of Advisors enters and draws you a card — a clean two-for-one at three mana that replaces itself immediately and leaves a body behind. The ceiling jumps in any deck that can loop or recur creatures, where Mortuary and friends turn that enter-the-battlefield trigger into an engine rather than a one-time bonus.
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 |
Council of Advisors is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is the only place it realistically sees play. In Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana 1/1 that draws one card is too slow to compete with the cantrip density those formats already run. In Commander, the card does real work in token-heavy or ETB-value decks where a recurring 1/1 body and guaranteed card draw both matter, though it sits comfortably in the lower tiers of draw options rather than the top shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
MortuaryCarrion FeederAlurenCouncil of Advisors
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Council of Advisors costs three mana for a 1/1 and a card — Elvish Visionary does the exact same thing at two mana if you're in green, making it the straight upgrade most of the time. If you need a white option or want the human creature type, Inspiring Overseer is a close analogue at three mana that gains a life instead of drawing from a 1/1 flier, trading raw card advantage for a more relevant body.
Price Context
Current price
$6.36 mid tier
At $6.36, Council of Advisors sits in the mid tier — noticeable for a card with no competitive format presence and functional equivalents that cost a fraction of that. The price is driven almost entirely by casual and Commander demand rather than scarcity or power level, so it's not a card you need to rush to buy expecting it to climb.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.