Lu Su, Wu Advisor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
: Draw a card. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27545
Lu Su, Wu Advisor hands each opponent a card when he enters and when he attacks — generous triggers that slot directly into group hug strategies or, more dangerously, pair with Mind Over Matter to turn those forced draws into activated ability fuel. The symmetry is the trap: this is only worth running if you're exploiting what opponents draw, not just being charitable.
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 |
Lu Su, Wu Advisor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but he's essentially a Commander card — his group-draw effect is too slow and too symmetrical to compete in Legacy or Vintage, where handing opponents free cards is a liability rather than a build-around. In Commander, his political and combo applications both have homes: group hug decks use him to accelerate everyone's hand size, while dedicated engines turn the triggered draws into a resource drain on opponents. Oathbreaker is a viable secondary format given its Commander-adjacent structure, but the smaller starting hand size makes the symmetrical draw less impactful than in 100-card pods.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mind Over MatterLu Su, Wu Advisor
Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite self-discard triggers
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The Locust GodIntruder AlarmLu Su, Wu Advisor
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite creature tokens with haste; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite untap of all creatures
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Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.