Futurist Operative
Creature — Human Ninja
As long as this creature is tapped, it's a Human Citizen with base power and toughness 1/1 and can't be blocked.
: Untap this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17717
Futurist Operative enters the battlefield and immediately steals the top card of an opponent's library, giving you free access to their best threat or answer — no milling, no waiting. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 body, which is a real tax, but the information plus card advantage makes it worth slotting into any blue deck that wants to play from the opponent's hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Futurist Operative earns its slot — three opponents means three potential targets, and in a pinch you can fire it off the top of the most threatening player's deck at instant speed if you have a way to blink it. In Legacy and Vintage the competition at three mana is brutal and a 2/2 body doesn't survive long enough to matter, so it won't see serious play there. Modern and Pioneer have enough value-creature shells that a blink or flicker list could find a home for it, but it's firmly a casual-to-FNM pick in those formats rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Futurist Operative is deep bulk — grab a playset without thinking twice. Bulk rares with niche Commander appeal rarely spike hard, so don't expect the price to move, but at this floor you're getting real card advantage for essentially nothing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.