Meletis Astronomer
Creature — Human Wizard
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an enchantment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23884
Meletis Astronomer is a two-mana 1/3 that scrys 1 at the start of your upkeep whenever you control an enchantment — reliable filtering that rewards enchantment-heavy builds without asking anything extra of you. The ceiling is low and the body is irrelevant, but in the right shell it generates consistent card quality for essentially no cost.
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 |
Meletis Astronomer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only matters in Commander. In competitive Constructed formats it's far too slow — a 1/3 that scrys 1 per turn doesn't come close to clearing the bar when enchantment payoffs in those formats demand immediate, explosive returns. In Commander, enchantment-matters decks with a reliable density of auras and sagas will turn Meletis Astronomer into consistent upkeep filtering, which compounds meaningfully over a long game; outside those shells it's a vanilla 1/3 you'd never run.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Meletis Astronomer is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the slot fits. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price point don't move without a reprint or a sudden spike in competitive demand, and neither is coming for this card.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.