Gempalm Sorcerer
Creature — Human Wizard Sorcerer
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, Wizard creatures gain flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #27971
Gempalm Sorcerer taps your opponent's entire team by cycling — no mana investment beyond the cycle cost, no creature needing to survive combat. In any Wizard-heavy shell, it converts a card draw into a one-sided fog, and that trade is almost always worth it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gempalm Sorcerer earns its slot — Wizard tribal decks with Azami, Lady of Scrolls or Adeliz, the Cinder Wind run enough blue Wizards to make the tap effect reliable, and the cycling keeps the card from being dead when you're behind on board. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively invisible; the Wizard synergy payoffs don't exist at a competitive level there, and cycling for a tap effect is far too slow. Modern, Pioneer, and Standard can't run it at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Gempalm Sorcerer is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk Wizard tribal pieces don't spike unless a new commander creates sudden demand, so don't expect movement, but at this price the question is never cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.