Counsel of the Soratami
Sorcery
Draw two cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16935
Counsel of the Soratami draws two cards for two mana at sorcery speed — functional, but that's the ceiling. Opt, Preordain, and Impulse all do more for the same or less mana, so Counsel of the Soratami only belongs in formats where those options aren't available.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Counsel of the Soratami is outclassed before it hits the table — Arcane Epiphany, Painful Truths, and Harmonize all offer better returns at similar costs, and blue has no shortage of two-mana cantrips that dig deeper. Pauper is where Counsel of the Soratami sees its most legitimate play, since the card pool is shallow enough that raw card advantage at common rarity carries real weight. In Legacy and Vintage it's essentially invisible — Brainstorm exists. Modern has Thought Scour, Consider, and a dozen other options that do more work for less mana, so Counsel of the Soratami won't clear a deck slot there either.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Counsel of the Soratami has been reprinted often enough that copies are nearly free — expect to find it in bulk commons bins for pennies. At that price it's not a wrong pick if you're building Pauper on a shoestring, but there's no financial upside and no scarcity story here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.