Professor of Symbology
Creature — Kor Cleric
When this creature enters, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25140
Professor of Symbology is a two-mana 2/1 that grabs any Lesson from outside the game when it enters — a one-time tutor stapled to a body. The cost is that Lessons are a narrow card pool, so the value ceiling is entirely determined by which Lessons you're willing to run alongside it.
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, Professor of Symbology sees almost no play — the Lesson mechanic requires you to dedicate sideboard-style slots to cards that never appear in your opening deck, which is a real deckbuilding tax in a 99-card singleton format. Modern and Pioneer treat it similarly: the two-mana 2/1 body is undersized, and the Lesson tutor only matters in dedicated Learn builds where the payoffs justify the package. Legacy has better two-drop options at every angle, so Professor of Symbology doesn't compete there either. It's a build-around piece in formats where Lessons are abundant and the tutor effect compounds across multiple copies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Professor of Symbology is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price reflects real demand signals: it's a narrow build-around with no crossover appeal outside dedicated Learn decks, so it won't climb without a new Lesson payoff pushing the archetype.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.