Hisoka, Minamo Sensei
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
, Discard a card: Counter target spell if it has the same mana value as the discarded card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #26054
Hisoka, Minamo Sensei turns any Wizard in your hand into a hard counter — discard, tap, counter target spell, no mana required beyond the initial four to cast him. The cost is real: you're down a card every activation, so he rewards decks that generate hand advantage rather than decks that need to conserve it.
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 |
Commander is where Hisoka, Minamo Sensei actually gets to shine — Wizard tribal is a legitimate archetype, and the ability to hold up zero-mana countermagic every turn creates a soft lock that opponents have to respect and play around. Outside of Commander, he's legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, but those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a four-mana creature with an activation cost that demands a stocked hand; he simply doesn't compete with the interaction density available. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting — if you're running a blue spellslinger signature spell, the discard-to-counter engine can be surprisingly disruptive at a smaller table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Hisoka, Minamo Sensei is deep bulk — pickup cost is negligible for anyone building Wizard tribal. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile Wizard commander drives renewed interest in the archetype.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.