Sage Aven
Creature — Bird Wizard
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #27030
Sage Aven lets you look at the top four cards of your library and reorder them however you like — attached to a 1/3 flying body for four mana. That rate is too slow and too passive to compete for a slot in any serious list.
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 |
Sage Aven is a bulk common in every format where it's legal, and the competition at four mana makes it nearly unplayable in all of them. In Commander, where 100-card decks create real variance, top-deck manipulation has value — but Sage Aven asks you to spend your entire turn four on a creature that doesn't affect the board and draws no cards. Pauper is the one format where commons get genuine scrutiny, and even there a 1/3 flier that only reshuffles your draws doesn't clear the bar. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Sage Aven is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a bulk bin rather than a deck slot. That price will hold simply because demand never materializes, not because the card has hidden upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.