Raving Visionary
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
, 
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Delirium — 
, : Draw a card. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #23096
Raving Visionary draws you a card whenever you cast a spell while it's untapped — a repeatable draw engine stapled to a 1/3 body for three mana. The catch is the untap requirement, which means it pulls double duty as both a blocker and a draw source, but only if you sequence correctly.
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 |
Commander is where Raving Visionary has a real home, specifically in spellslinger decks that fire off multiple instants and sorceries per turn cycle — the card rewards exactly the kind of burst-casting those shells thrive on. In Legacy and Vintage it is simply outclassed; those formats have draw engines that cost less and do more without the setup. Modern is legal but deeply uncompetitive here — three mana for a conditional draw-one body is nowhere near the rate the format demands. Raving Visionary is a Commander card through and through, and even there it wants a specific shell to justify the slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Raving Visionary is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not a singles binder. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes them into the spotlight, so treat this as a low-stakes include rather than anything to stock up on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.