Owlin Historian
Creature — Bird Cleric
Flying
When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26992
Owlin Historian replaces itself when it enters and leaves a scry trigger behind — that's a clean two-for-one stapled to a flying body for four mana. The cost is exactly that four-mana price tag: in Commander, you can do more with four mana than a 2/2 with upside.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Owlin Historian is a fringe inclusion — you want it in decks that care about enter-the-battlefield triggers, flying creatures, or Owl tribal, none of which are common enough archetypes to make it broadly appealing. In Pauper, the commons bar is high enough that a 2/2 flier that draws a card and scrys competes for a real slot in blink shells or tempo decks. Across constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, Owlin Historian doesn't have the rate to see serious play — four mana for this stat line is outclassed by nearly every comparable option.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Owlin Historian is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common box, not a singles list. That price reflects its narrow role accurately and isn't going anywhere without an unexpected archetype breakout.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.