Kianne, Dean of Substance // Imbraham, Dean of Theory
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid // Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
: Exile the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put a study counter on it.
: Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put a +1/+1 counter on it for each different mana value among nonland cards you own in exile with study counters on them.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22189
Kianne, Dean of Substance // Imbraham, Dean of Theory puts a mana-generating engine on the board the turn it lands — Kianne taps to exile cards and produce Fractal tokens scaled to the spells revealed, while Imbraham converts that exile pile into card selection with each spell cast. The combo ceiling is real: pair Kianne with Intruder Alarm and any token-to-untap loop and you're generating infinite mana before your opponents can respond.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kianne, Dean of Substance // Imbraham, Dean of Theory actually lives — both halves want a long game with access to high-value spells, and 100-card singleton gives them the density of payoffs they need to justify a two-mana commander slot. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card is technically legal but practically absent; the front face is too slow for those formats' threat density, and neither half does anything broken enough to justify the slot over faster options. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card variant where Kianne sees occasional play, slotting into spellslinger signatures, but the card is firmly Commander-first in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kianne, Dean of Substance // Imbraham, Dean of TheoryIntruder Alarm
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.