Erudite Wizard
Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #15130
Erudite Wizard enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself by drawing a card, which means the floor is never zero. The cost — playing a vanilla 1/1 for two mana on top of that cantrip — is too steep for any format where card quality matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Erudite Wizard is legal across every major format, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Commander, a two-mana cantrip stapled to a 1/1 body is strictly worse than almost every comparable option — Brainstorm and Preordain cost one mana and leave no body that dies to a stiff breeze. In Pauper, where commons compete on raw efficiency, a 1/1 for two that draws one sits far below the format's cantrip ceiling. Standard and Pioneer lack the density of broken synergies that would make paying full price for a cantrip creature worthwhile.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Erudite Wizard is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what the market thinks of it. Unless a future combo emerges that specifically needs a two-mana blue creature that draws on ETB, this one stays in the bulk bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.