Imoen, Mystic Trickster
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Wizard
Ward 
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
At the beginning of your end step, if you have the initiative, draw a card. Draw another card if you've completed a dungeon.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #9543
Imoen, Mystic Trickster puts a free venture trigger on every noncreature spell you cast, generating dungeon progress and card advantage without asking for any extra investment beyond the three-mana body. Sefris of the Hidden Ways builds around exactly this loop, and Imoen slots in as one of the cleanest redundancy pieces that engine can run.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Sefris of the Hidden Ways rewards every dungeon completion with a free creature recursion trigger, and Imoen, Mystic Trickster turns each noncreature spell into a venture step — the two stack into a self-sustaining loop that churns through dungeons without dedicating additional card slots to the engine.
The Destined Warrior
The Destined Warrior cares about venturing and dungeon completion as a core game plan, and Imoen, Mystic Trickster's passive venture-on-noncreature-spell ability means every instant, sorcery, or artifact you cast doubles as dungeon progress at no extra cost.
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 |
Imoen, Mystic Trickster is a Commander card through and through — the dungeon mechanic has essentially no competitive home outside the 100-card singleton format, and the three-mana 2/2 body goes nowhere near Legacy or Vintage tables on rate alone. In Commander, she earns her slot specifically in venture-tribal builds, where the passive trigger on noncreature spells scales with a naturally spell-heavy deck and compounds quickly over a long game. Oathbreaker is legal but the 20-life clock compresses games too fast for a slow dungeon engine to pay off. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Imoen, Mystic Trickster is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does real work in the right shell. Dungeon payoffs remain a narrow enough niche that there's no demand pressure pushing this above bulk floor, so don't expect movement either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sefris of the Hidden Ways
- The Destined Warrior
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.