Proft's Eidetic Memory
Legendary Enchantment
When Proft's Eidetic Memory enters, draw a card.
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've drawn more than one card this turn, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the number of cards you've drawn this turn minus one.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
- Price
- $2.74
- EDHREC rank
- #1866
Proft's Eidetic Memory turns every spell you cast into a card drawn, which is one of the most powerful effects in Commander — and it costs three mana. The catch is a one-time upkeep payment to keep it around, but any deck that spells out four or more times a turn makes that cost trivial; Vnwxt, Verbose Host builds get to draw their entire deck in a single turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | banned |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Proft's Eidetic Memory is banned in Standard, which tells you exactly how warped it is in a format built around limited card pools — it generated draw engines too fast for the format to handle. Everywhere else it's legal, but outside Commander it rarely shows up because the upkeep cost demands a critical mass of spells per turn to justify a three-mana enchantment. Commander is where Proft's Eidetic Memory thrives: the 100-card singleton format pushes spell counts high, games go long enough to recoup the upkeep investment many times over, and the sheer number of draw-matters commanders turns it into a build-around centerpiece rather than a fringe inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Vnwxt, Verbose Host cares about casting spells with the highest mana value in hand, which means you're burning through cards constantly — Proft's Eidetic Memory refills the hand after every cast and keeps the engine running indefinitely.
Arjun, the Shifting Flame
Arjun, the Shifting Flame replaces your hand whenever you cast a spell, so Proft's Eidetic Memory stacks on top of that wheel effect to make every spell cast net you an additional card beyond what Arjun already provides.
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Alandra, Sky Dreamer generates 2/2 Drake tokens whenever you draw your second card in a turn, so Proft's Eidetic Memory converts every spell cast into a free Drake as long as you've drawn once already that turn.
Minn, Wily Illusionist
Minn, Wily Illusionist creates Illusion tokens whenever you draw your second card in a turn, making Proft's Eidetic Memory a token generator stapled to every spell you cast.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$2.74 cheap tier
At $2.74, Proft's Eidetic Memory sits in the cheap tier — you're getting a Standard-banned draw engine for the price of a draft pack. Given the card's raw power level and how broadly it fits into any spell-heavy blue deck, that price is a bargain that's unlikely to stay this low as more Commander players catch on.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.