Linessa, Zephyr Mage
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
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: Return target creature with mana value X to its owner's hand.
Grandeur — Discard another card named Linessa, Zephyr Mage: Target player returns a creature they control to its owner's hand, then repeats this process for an artifact, an enchantment, and a land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.47
- EDHREC rank
- #26569
Linessa, Zephyr Mage bounces any nonland permanent your opponent controls — repeatable, targeted, and requiring no combat — but the Grandeur activation costs four blue mana and demands you discard another Linessa from hand, a constraint that only exists in decks built around the ability. Outside of that niche, Wormfang Manta loops and similar extra-turn engines are where she earns her keep.
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 |
Linessa, Zephyr Mage is a Commander card through and through — the Grandeur mechanic only does anything when you can deliberately run multiple copies of a legendary creature, which no 60-card singleton format supports in practice. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but competes against far more efficient bounce effects and will never see a competitive slot. Commander is the sole format where Linessa, Zephyr Mage finds a genuine role, either as a value piece in high-draw blue builds or as the engine of Grandeur-loop combos that generate infinite bounces or extra turns alongside cards like Wormfang Manta.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.47 bulk tier
At $0.47, Linessa, Zephyr Mage sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate for a card with a narrow, build-around ability and no competitive demand outside Commander. The price is unlikely to move unless a Grandeur combo gains serious traction, so pick copies up cheaply if the archetype interests you — there's no floor to fall through.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.