Sage's Row Savant
Creature — Vedalken Wizard
When this creature enters, scry 2.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #22811
Sage's Row Savant enters, you scry 2, and then it sits there as a 2/3 — the ETB is fine, the body does nothing relevant. Two mana for a one-time scry 2 is a bad deal when Preordain and Brainstorm exist at the same price point or cheaper.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sage's Row Savant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Commander, scry 2 on a creature is occasionally relevant in blink or ETB-abuse shells — Brago, King Eternal or Panharmonicon decks that trigger it repeatedly — but even there it competes with creatures that draw cards outright rather than just filtering. In Pauper, where commons matter and redundancy is real, there are cleaner cantrips and better two-drop bodies. Everywhere else the Savant is simply outclassed.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Sage's Row Savant is deep bulk — you're not paying for it, you're finding it in a bulk bin. It holds no financial value and has no trajectory upward; pick it up only if a specific ETB-repeat strategy demands the slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.