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Ixidor, Reality Sculptor

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Face-down creatures get +1/+1.
{2}{U}: Turn target face-down creature face up.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Onslaught
Price
$2.31
EDHREC rank
#11063
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Ixidor, Reality Sculptor card art
Ixidor, Reality Sculptor turns every face-down creature into a 2/2 on entry and lets you pay three mana to morph anything in play — a standing threat that scales with board state. The catch is a four-mana 1/1 body that does nothing the turn it enters, so it lives and dies by whether your morph package can justify the tempo hit. Missy, the commander most associated with Ixidor, Reality Sculptor, appears in nearly half of all Ixidor decks precisely because that pairing pushes the morph engine into overdrive.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Missy

Missy

49.4% of decks · synergy 0.49

Missy's built-in morph synergies make Ixidor, Reality Sculptor an engine piece rather than a support card — the free 2/2 buff and activated morph ability amplify every face-down creature Missy flips, creating a self-reinforcing loop of stats and triggers. Nearly half of all Missy decks run Ixidor, Reality Sculptor, and that inclusion rate is the highest of any commander by a wide margin.

02
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma

Vannifar, Evolved Enigma

44.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Vannifar, Evolved Enigma prizes creatures with layered identities, and Ixidor, Reality Sculptor's ability to morph any creature at instant speed gives Vannifar new angles for flipping face-down permanents during opponents' turns. Ixidor shows up in 44% of Vannifar, Evolved Enigma decks because that activated morph doubles as a combat trick and a trigger engine.

03
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

39.4% of decks · synergy 0.38

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer draws a card the first time a face-down creature enters each turn, and Ixidor, Reality Sculptor's activated morph lets you create additional face-down entries beyond what you'd get from hand alone. The 39% inclusion rate reflects Ixidor's role as a secondary engine that extends Kadena's draw trigger across multiple turns.

04
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

15.2% of decks · synergy 0.15

Etrata, Deadly Fugitive cares about creatures entering face-down, and Ixidor, Reality Sculptor's stat boost and morph activation give those face-down creatures immediate board presence while enabling surprise unmorphs. At 15% inclusion, Ixidor, Reality Sculptor is a role-player here rather than a core piece, but the interaction is clean.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ixidor, Reality Sculptor is a Commander card through and through — the morph mechanic it supports needs a critical mass of morph creatures to function, and 100-card singleton is the only format where assembling that density is practical. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a four-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact is unplayable against the speed of those formats. Commander is where Ixidor, Reality Sculptor finds its entire audience, and specifically in morph-centric builds where the activated ability and the universal stat boost compound over many turns into a genuine win condition.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.31 cheap tier

At $2.31, Ixidor, Reality Sculptor sits in the cheap tier — easy to pick up without budget consideration. It's a narrow card with a dedicated audience, so the price is unlikely to move much in either direction unless a new morph commander spikes demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.