Overwhelmed Apprentice
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, each opponent mills two cards. Then you scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #11329
Overwhelmed Apprentice enters, mills each opponent for two and puts a +1/+1 counter on itself — immediate board impact from a one-mana body. In Azami, Lady of Scrolls decks it taps for free card draw on top of that, making it one of the most efficient one-drops in the archetype.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Azami, Lady of Scrolls taps every Wizard for a card, so Overwhelmed Apprentice is a one-mana 1/2 that draws cards, mills opponents on entry, and scales as the board grows — it does three things Azami wants for a single blue mana.
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent doubles every mill trigger, turning Overwhelmed Apprentice's enter-the-battlefield two-mill into four — a free upgrade on a body that was already worth running at face value.
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 |
In Commander, Overwhelmed Apprentice punches well above its cost: one mana, three opponents milled on entry, a body that taps for Azami or similar Wizard synergies. In Modern and Pioneer, the mill payoff is real but the 1/2 body is fragile and the two-per-opponent clause doesn't apply — you're milling one player for two, which rarely closes a game without dedicated support. Legacy has better options at the same cost. Overwhelmed Apprentice is, bluntly, a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Overwhelmed Apprentice is pure bulk — no barrier to picking up four copies. The price reflects that its demand is narrow (mill and Wizard tribal Commander decks), not that the card is weak; in the right shell it overperforms badly for the cost.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.