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Satsuki, the Living Lore

Legendary Creature — Human Druid

{T}: Put a lore counter on each Saga you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Satsuki dies, choose up to one —
• Return target Saga or enchantment creature you control to its owner's hand.
• Return target Saga card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{G}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
rare
Set
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#4533
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Satsuki, the Living Lore card art
Satsuki, the Living Lore accelerates your Saga gameplan by putting lore counters on any Saga at instant speed, then converts completed Sagas into free recursion — fetching any Saga from your graveyard when one leaves play. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 with no protection, so if your table answers her before you untap, the engine stalls; build around There and Back Again and you want multiple ways to protect or recur her. In dedicated Saga builds alongside Narci, Fable Singer, she's close to mandatory.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Narci, Fable Singer

Narci, Fable Singer

80.6% of decks · synergy 0.78

Narci, Fable Singer drains opponents whenever a Saga's final chapter triggers, making Satsuki, the Living Lore's ability to rush Sagas through their chapters a repeatable life-loss engine that closes games fast.

02
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe

Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe

76.7% of decks · synergy 0.76

Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe triggers off Sagas entering and completing, so Satsuki, the Living Lore's counter acceleration doubles the rate at which Sigurd creates Warrior tokens and triggers his other chapter-linked effects.

03
Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil

73.1% of decks · synergy 0.70

Tom Bombadil puts a lore counter on a Saga the moment it enters, and Satsuki, the Living Lore adds another immediately, meaning many two-chapter Sagas fire their final ability on the same turn they're cast.

05

Terra, Magical Adept

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.22

Terra, Magical Adept builds around legendary permanents and enchantments, and Satsuki, the Living Lore qualifies on both counts while doubling as Saga support for any enchantment-heavy gameplan in the 99.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Satsuki, the Living Lore is worth building around — Saga density can hit a critical mass in 99-card decks, and her graveyard recursion scales with every Saga that resolves. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer she's legal but there's no real home: Saga-centric strategies in those formats don't need a fragile 2/2 to accelerate counters when cheaper, faster engines exist. Vintage allows her but the card doesn't register at all in that context. Oathbreaker is the one outlier worth noting — as a signature-spell-adjacent piece in an Enchantress or Saga shell, she can function, but the format's smaller cardpool limits her recursion targets.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

29 decks
Satsuki, the Living LoreThere and Back AgainHex ParasiteStaff of Domination

Satsuki, the Living LoreThere and Back AgainHex ParasiteStaff of Domination

Infinite card draw; Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Satsuki, the Living LoreThere and Back AgainHex ParasiteUmbral Mantle

Satsuki, the Living LoreThere and Back AgainHex ParasiteUmbral Mantle

Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite untap of nontoken creatures you control; Infinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produce; Infinite power and toughness for certain creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Satsuki, the Living Lore is bulk by any measure, and the price reflects how format-narrow she is rather than a lack of in-archetype power. For dedicated Saga commanders she's a genuine staple at essentially no cost, and there's no budget version to reach for — this is already the floor.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.