Intermediate Chirography
Enchantment — Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.
: Level 2
Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 3
At the beginning of each end step, if a modified creature died under your control this turn, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #20264
Intermediate Chirography puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control without a counter — immediately — then draws you a card for each creature that got one. Felisa, Fang of Silverquill turns every one of those freshly-countered creatures into a token factory the moment they die, so the card draw and the board setup arrive in the same package.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill wants as many creatures as possible wearing +1/+1 counters, and Intermediate Chirography stamps the whole board at once while refilling your hand — every creature it touches becomes a token-generating death trigger waiting to fire.
Shadrix Silverquill
Shadrix Silverquill's token plan generates wide boards of small creatures that naturally lack counters, making Intermediate Chirography a mass-buff and draw engine in one shot.
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 |
Intermediate Chirography is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the card was designed for Commander and that's where it actually sees play. In Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana sorcery that buffs creatures at sorcery speed doesn't compete with the raw power of those formats, and the card draw payoff requires a wide battlefield that those formats punish before you assemble it. Commander is the correct home: multiplayer games naturally produce the large creature counts that make the card-draw ceiling high, and Orzhov +1/+1 counter builds have the token generation to exploit every counter placed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Intermediate Chirography sits firmly in bulk territory, which is underselling how much work it does in the right shell. Bulk rares this narrowly synergistic tend to stay cheap — don't expect appreciation — but at this price there's no reason not to own a copy if you're building around Felisa, Fang of Silverquill.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.