Etherwrought Page
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one —
• You gain 2 life.
• Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
• Each opponent loses 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #23521
Etherwrought Page enters and immediately scries 2, draws a card, and gains you 2 life — three effects stapled to a single artifact for four mana. The rate is fine in Commander but unremarkable everywhere else; run it when you need incidental lifegain triggers or artifact count, not as a primary draw piece.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Etherwrought Page fills a utility slot in artifact-matters decks — commanders like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Alibou, Ancient Witness care about the artifact type as much as the text box, and the scry-draw-lifegain package on entry is genuinely useful card selection. Outside Commander it sees essentially no competitive play: Legacy, Modern, and Vintage all have access to strictly more efficient draw and filtering, and the four-mana cost makes Etherwrought Page a non-starter in those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic — artifact synergy builds will occasionally register it, but it won't move the needle in faster or more streamlined lists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Etherwrought Page is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if it fits your deck. Bulk artifacts with narrow applications don't appreciate, so treat this as a cheap role-player and nothing more.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.