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Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

Legendary Creature — Elf Artificer

Tap an untapped nontoken artifact you control: Add {G}.
Tap two untapped nontoken artifacts you control: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
rare
Set
Dominaria United
Price
$0.20
EDHREC rank
#10145
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Meria, Scholar of Antiquity card art
Meria, Scholar of Antiquity turns every tapped nontoken artifact into a mana source or a card, which means artifact-heavy boards snowball into overwhelming resources faster than opponents can answer her. The combo ceiling is real — Pili-Pala goes infinite with Meria on board — and Balthier and Fran builds in particular treat her as a must-answer threat from the moment she resolves.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran

49.7% of decks · synergy 0.49

Balthier and Fran runs artifacts as fuel for its own triggers, and Meria, Scholar of Antiquity converts every tapped piece of that fuel into mana or cards — the two commanders stack advantage so aggressively that opponents face two separate engines from a single board state.

02
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

19.3% of decks · synergy 0.19

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider generates artifact tokens through exploration mechanics, and Meria, Scholar of Antiquity turns the tap triggers on those artifacts into a secondary resource layer that keeps the hand full and the engine moving.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Meria, Scholar of Antiquity is a Commander card — three colors and a very specific artifact-synergy payoff don't translate into competitive roles in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the formats move too fast for a three-mana legend who needs a board state to do anything. In Commander she's a legitimate engine piece in Gruul or Temur artifact builds, and as a commander herself she headlined several combo-oriented artifact lists at release. Oathbreaker is the only non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where she could theoretically slot into an artifact shell, though her playrate there is negligible.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.20 bulk tier

At $0.20, Meria, Scholar of Antiquity is deep bulk — pick her up without hesitation because the price has nowhere meaningful to fall from here. Combo-relevant legends with real engine upside tend to tick up when new artifact synergies release, but at this price the question is never whether to buy her, just whether to buy a playset.

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