Profane Tutor
Sorcery
Suspend 2—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $4.69
- EDHREC rank
- #1616
Profane Tutor is a one-black-mana unconditional tutor — the catch is a two-turn suspend delay before the card hits your hand. In slower Commander games where the extra turns barely register, that cost is trivial; Tetsuo, Imperial Champion decks in particular treat it as a budget Demonic Tutor that just happens to arrive a little late.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tetsuo, Imperial Champion
Tetsuo, Imperial Champion runs a tight equipment-and-instants package, and Profane Tutor fetches the missing piece — whether that's a combo enabler or the right equipment — for a single black mana, which fits perfectly under a commander that wants to keep mana open for interaction.
Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon the Despoiler rewards casting spells with cascade triggers, and the one-mana suspend cost of Profane Tutor means it enters the stack cheaply — once it resolves off suspend, Abaddon's cascade clause can fire and chain into additional spells.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds can end the turn at will, which collapses suspend counters and accelerates Profane Tutor's delay; what looks like a two-turn wait can become immediate with Obeka on board.
Phage the Untouchable
Phage the Untouchable demands specific setup cards — Torpor Orb, Platinum Angel, or Sundial of the Infinite — and Profane Tutor finds any of them for one mana, making it one of the most efficient tutors in a deck that lives and dies by assembling the right piece.
Acererak the Archlich
Acererak the Archlich loops depend on having the right dungeon payoffs and bounce effects in hand, and Profane Tutor fills gaps in that engine for a single black mana — the suspend delay matters less when your game plan already runs long.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Profane Tutor earns its slot by offering near-unconditional tutoring at one mana — the two-turn suspend is a real cost in high-pressure games but largely irrelevant when you cast it on turn one or two with a clear target in mind. In Legacy and Vintage, it doesn't compete: Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor get the card immediately, so Profane Tutor has no practical role there. Modern is the one non-rotating format where it's theoretically playable, but again, the suspend delay is punishing in a format defined by turns three and four, and black already has access to Scheming Symmetry and other tutors that don't wait. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same logic applies — suspend-one tutoring fits fine in a longer game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.69 cheap tier
At $4.69, Profane Tutor sits in the cheap tier and represents strong value for what it does — one-mana unconditional tutoring in black is rare at any price. It's a straightforward pickup for any Commander deck that wants more tutor density without spending $10–$30 on Demonic Tutor or Vampiric Tutor.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.