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Filigree Sages

Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard

{2}{U}: Untap target artifact.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Shards of Alara
Price
$0.50
EDHREC rank
#13515
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Filigree Sages card art
Filigree Sages does one thing that matters: it untaps any artifact for two blue mana, and that ability becomes arbitrarily repeatable the moment you pair it with a mana-positive artifact like Chromatic Orrery. Arcum Dagsson tutors it into play directly, which is exactly why nearly 40% of Arcum decks run it — it's not a fair card in that shell.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Arcum Dagsson

Arcum Dagsson

38.4% of decks · synergy 0.37

Arcum Dagsson can tutor Filigree Sages directly onto the battlefield, and the two form a lock: Arcum taps to find an artifact, Filigree Sages untaps Arcum, repeat until the board is solved.

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

Filigree Sages is a Commander card through and through — outside of that format, the artifact-untap ability is too slow and narrow to compete in Legacy or Vintage, where more efficient engines exist and five mana for a 2/3 body buys you nothing. In Commander, the singleton rule doesn't matter here because the card is a combo piece, not a redundancy play — you run it because it closes loops, not because you want multiples. Oathbreaker is a legal home as well, and any blue artifact commander who can generate mana from a single artifact will find the same lines available.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

277 decks
Filigree SagesNyx Lotus

Filigree SagesNyx Lotus

Infinite mana among colors with which you have devotion; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite untap of artifacts you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.50 bulk tier

At $0.50, Filigree Sages is firmly bulk despite being a genuine combo enabler in Arcum Dagsson and similar artifact builds. The price reflects low casual demand outside of those specific shells, so it's a cheap pickup if you're building into the combo — don't expect it to climb.

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