Monastery Loremaster
Creature — Djinn Wizard
Megamorph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, return target noncreature, nonland card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #24346
Monastery Loremaster enters and draws you a card while putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control — real upside stapled to a 3/3 body for four mana. The problem is that four mana for a 3/3 that replaces itself is a fine rate in Limited and an unexciting one in Commander, where the competition at that slot runs away with games.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Monastery Loremaster is a passable includes in spellslinger or +1/+1 counter decks that want bodies and incidental card draw on the same card, but it doesn't stand out in either role — dedicated draw spells draw more, and dedicated counter payoffs scale harder. In Pauper, the rate is more defensible: a 3/3 that draws at common rarity fills a real slot in slower creature-based strategies. Monastery Loremaster is legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, but sees no meaningful play in any of them — the bar for a four-mana 3/3 in those formats is severe.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Monastery Loremaster is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard. Nothing in the card's effect profile suggests upward price pressure; it will hold this floor as long as it stays out of a high-profile reprint product.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.