Muse Seeker
Creature — Elf Wizard
Opus — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card. Then discard a card unless five or more mana was spent to cast that spell.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #17572
Muse Seeker is a three-mana 2/2 that replaces itself by fetching any Aura or Equipment directly to the battlefield — a tutor stapled to a body. The cost is that it's a creature, so it dies to removal, and the effect only triggers on cast, not when it enters any other way.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Muse Seeker does its best work — Aura and Equipment strategies are plentiful, and a three-mana tutor that puts the enchantment or artifact directly onto the battlefield skips both the search cost and the equip or aura-attachment step. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Vintage, three mana for a 2/2 with a conditional tutor is far too slow when faster, unconditional options exist. Modern and Pioneer have the same problem: dedicated equipment decks there want Stoneforge Mystic, which does the same job for two mana with more flexibility. Muse Seeker is a Commander card through and through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Muse Seeker is deep bulk — easy to pick up without thinking about it. Demand from Commander Aura and Equipment decks will keep it from dropping further, but there's no meaningful ceiling here either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.