Sage of the Unknowable
Creature — Human Wizard
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. Spend this mana only to cast a colorless spell or to activate an ability.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #19757
Sage of the Unknowable gives you a repeatable scry engine stapled to a morph body — every time it phases out and back in, you're filtering your draws for free. The cost is a four-mana 2/2 with no immediate board impact, which means it earns its slot only in decks that specifically reward morph, manifest, or phasing triggers.
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, Sage of the Unknowable belongs in dedicated morph and manifest decks where its phasing trigger fires multiple times a game and the scry compounds into genuine card selection. In Pauper, a four-mana 2/2 with a delayed, incremental effect is too slow to compete with the format's efficient threats and answers. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Sage of the Unknowable does nothing powerful enough to justify a slot in those formats at any cost. Oathbreaker is the one outlier where a recursion-friendly spellshaper or morph-matters signature spell could make the scry relevant, though it remains a niche inclusion even there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Sage of the Unknowable is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no meaningful price floor to worry about; pick it up whenever you need it and expect it to stay in this range.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.