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Personal Tutor

Sorcery

Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Portal
Price
$12.38
EDHREC rank
#2133
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Personal Tutor card art
Personal Tutor puts any sorcery on top of your library for one blue mana — the effect is powerful, the drawback is real: you have to wait a draw step to see it. In dedicated sorcery payoff decks and alternate-win shells like Approach of the Second Sun, that delay barely registers; in most others, Stella Lee, Wild Card is the poster child for why you run it anyway, since copying the tutor copies the search.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Stella Lee, Wild Card

Stella Lee, Wild Card

38.4% of decks · synergy 0.34

Stella Lee, Wild Card copies instants and sorceries for free whenever she attacks, which means Personal Tutor on the stack becomes two sorceries on top of your library — effectively letting you double-dig for your best spell every combat.

02
Narset, Enlightened Master

Narset, Enlightened Master

18.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Narset, Enlightened Master exiles the top four cards and lets you cast noncreature spells for free, so Personal Tutor stacking your most powerful sorcery directly in her attack window is exactly the setup she wants.

03
Elminster

Elminster

16.0% of decks · synergy 0.14

Elminster generates scry triggers constantly, which pairs neatly with Personal Tutor's top-of-library placement — you can confirm the card is still there or move it down if the situation changes before your draw step.

04
Gale, Waterdeep ProdigyScion of Halaster

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster

15.6% of decks · synergy 0.13

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster rewards running high-impact instants and sorceries throughout the game, and Personal Tutor functions as a cheap, repeatable way to guarantee whichever sorcery Gale's ability needs to recur is always accessible.

05
Bruvac the Grandiloquent

Bruvac the Grandiloquent

14.5% of decks · synergy 0.10

Bruvac the Grandiloquent mill decks lean on a handful of high-volume mill sorceries to close games, and Personal Tutor is the cheapest way to guarantee the right one shows up on demand.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Personal Tutor earns its slot — singleton means your best sorceries are one-ofs, and a one-mana tutor that finds any of them is exactly the consistency fix blue combo and control decks want. Legacy sees it rarely, crowded out by Mystical Tutor for instants and Demonic Tutor for the unrestricted version, though niche sorcery-specific lines can still justify it. Vintage restricts so many tutors that Personal Tutor occasionally surfaces as a legal alternative, but the format's pace makes the draw-step delay costly. Oathbreaker is the sleeper format for it: finding a signature spell repeatedly at one mana with no commander-tax pressure is genuinely strong.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There's no true budget replacement that hits any sorcery at one mana in blue — that niche is Personal Tutor's alone. Mystical Teachings finds instants and tutors for instants at a higher cost, and Solve the Equation hits instants and sorceries both for three mana, making it the closest functional substitute at a fraction of the price but a significant speed downgrade.

Price Context

Current price

$12.38 mid tier

At $12.38, Personal Tutor sits in the mid tier — pricier than most role-players but not a format staple you're forced to buy at a premium. It's held this range because the effect is genuinely narrow, which keeps demand steady without spiking; if you need one for a sorcery-heavy build, buy it now rather than waiting for a reprint that may not come soon.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.