Forum Necroscribe

Creature — Troll Warlock

Ward—Discard a card.
Repartee — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#19106
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Forum Necroscribe card art
Forum Necroscribe enters the battlefield and immediately starts converting every spell you cast into graveyard fuel and card advantage — the kind of continuous value engine that aura and pump strategies desperately want. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 with no immediate protection, so commanders like Killian, Ink Duelist who discount auras and keep the board pressured make it shine, while slower builds that can't exploit the triggered ability quickly enough will find it underwhelming.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Killian, Ink Duelist

Killian, Ink Duelist

23.5% of decks · synergy 0.21

Killian, Ink Duelist's cost reduction on auras and combat tricks means you're casting more spells per turn than almost any other commander, and Forum Necroscribe turns that volume directly into a self-feeding graveyard loop that keeps the hand full and the threats mounting.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Forum Necroscribe finds its best home in Orzhov or black-white aura builds where the triggered ability fires multiple times per turn cycle and the graveyard recursion creates a resilient threat engine opponents have to answer twice. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it competes with more efficient three-drop threats and rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated enchantress or aristocrats shells that can exploit the triggered ability at scale. Standard is where it has the most room to breathe if the supporting pieces exist — a four-mana value creature with repeatable upside is the kind of card slower midrange decks want. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; the format's speed makes a four-mana creature without immediate board impact a liability.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Forum Necroscribe is bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a four-of without thinking about it. Bulk rares with narrow commander applications tend to stay flat unless a breakout deck pushes demand, so treat this as a cheap role-player, not a spec.

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