Sadistic Augermage
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature dies, each player puts a card from their hand on top of their library.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28975
Sadistic Augermage forces every player to mill three cards on your upkeep — a persistent, symmetrical graveyard-filler stapled to a 2/1 body for three mana. The cost is that symmetry: it mills you too, so it only earns a slot when you're either running a graveyard deck or the mill is actively worse for your opponents.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sadistic Augermage is a niche piece in self-mill and graveyard-value shells — decks that want cards in the bin and can outpace opponents at leveraging them. It's too slow and symmetrical for competitive tables, but in the right 75 it quietly fills graveyards every turn cycle across four players. In Pauper it's legal but sees no real play — three mana for a fragile body with a drawback that helps opposing strategies is a tough sell in a format that punishes inefficiency. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful graveyard enablers, so Sadistic Augermage never factors in those formats outside of a meme build.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Sadistic Augermage is deep bulk — you're essentially getting it for free in any lot purchase. Don't expect that to change; the card has a narrow home and no scarcity driving demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.