Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
Creature — Jackal Wizard // Sorcery
At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has one or fewer cards in hand, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $5.24
- EDHREC rank
- #13623
Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune staples a wheels effect onto a spell-slinger body, giving you both a recurring token engine and a hand-refill on a single card. The cost is real — the back face doesn't come cheap in terms of setup — but Spellweaver Helix loops and Quintorius, History Chaser triggers make it worth the investment for the right deck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser turns every instant and sorcery leaving the graveyard into a damage ping and a creature, so the back face of Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune does double duty: refill your hand and trigger Quintorius on every card that cycles through.
Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Winter, Misanthropic Guide rewards you for casting spells on opponents' turns, and Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune's wheel effect is exactly the kind of explosive, hand-resetting spell Winter wants to chain into additional casts.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune — the multiplayer table makes wheeling seven cards profoundly more impactful, and the spell-slinger synergies that turn the front face into a value engine are densest in the 99. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes with the original Wheel of Fortune, which costs nothing on setup; there's no practical argument for the double-faced version in those formats unless you specifically want the creature side. Oathbreaker is legal and the wheel effect pairs well with aggressive Planeswalker strategies, but the format's lower card counts shrink the upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of FortuneSpellweaver HelixWheel of Fortune
Infinite turns; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of FortuneSpellweaver HelixWheel of Fortune
Infinite turns; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the double-faced design is what you're after for the token synergies, Reforge the Soul hits the same baseline seven-card wheel at a fraction of the price, though it lacks the front-face creature entirely. Windfall is even cheaper and scales better in large-hand situations, trading the Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune setup cost for a simpler, more consistent refill.
Price Context
Current price
$5.24 mid tier
At $5.24, Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune sits in the mid tier — meaningful but not a barrier to entry. It holds value as long as spell-slinger and graveyard-matters commanders stay popular, since the card is only pulling its weight in decks that actively want both halves.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.