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Distinguished Conjurer

Creature — Human Wizard

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
{4}{W}, {T}: Exile another target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#4371
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Distinguished Conjurer card art
Distinguished Conjurer enters and immediately creates a token copy of itself, doubling its own body on the spot — the cost is that the copy vanishes at end of turn. In a Preston, the Vanisher shell that replacement effect becomes irrelevant, since the exile triggers a second Fox token, and in Scurry Oak lines the consistent self-copying fuels squirrel storms with minimal setup.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher

41.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Distinguished Conjurer is a natural fit for Preston, the Vanisher because every token copy that gets exiled at end of turn fires Preston's replacement effect, generating a free 1/1 Fox without any additional investment.

02
Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

26.7% of decks · synergy 0.26

Distinguished Conjurer produces two bodies on entry, and each one entering the battlefield triggers Trelasarra, Moon Dancer's life-gain-and-counter engine, letting Trelasarra grow fast off a single spell.

03
Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Amalia Benavides Aguirre

27.8% of decks · synergy 0.25

The self-copying enter-the-battlefield trigger gives Amalia Benavides Aguirre two separate life-gain triggers to work with, accelerating her explore chain and pushing toward her board-wipe threshold more reliably.

04
Darien, King of Kjeldor

Darien, King of Kjeldor

26.5% of decks · synergy 0.22

Distinguished Conjurer doubles the bodies feeding Darien, King of Kjeldor's go-wide strategy, and the token copy exiling itself each end step means it cleanly avoids cluttering the board while still doing its job.

05
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar

Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar

21.4% of decks · synergy 0.19

Distinguished Conjurer slots into Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar as a reliable two-for-one that keeps the token count high, since Vondam rewards flooding the board with small creatures to fuel battalion-style or power-matters payoffs.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Distinguished Conjurer does its best work — token doublers, flicker effects, and enter-the-battlefield synergies are everywhere in the format, and the self-copying trigger lines up cleanly with all of them. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but faces no realistic play: a two-mana 1/1 that makes a temporary copy of itself is miles below the power threshold those formats demand. Modern is the same story — the effect is interesting but not efficient enough to compete. Distinguished Conjurer's real home is Commander, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

81 decks
Basking BroodscaleDistinguished ConjurerCleric Class

Basking BroodscaleDistinguished ConjurerCleric Class

Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana

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Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Distinguished Conjurer is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap pickup. Bulk rares with genuine synergy sometimes see small spikes if a breakout commander pushes demand, but this price reflects the card's current niche appeal, not hidden ceiling.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.