Scholarship Sponsor
Creature — Human Advisor
When this creature enters, each player who controls fewer lands than the player who controls the most lands searches their library for a number of basic land cards less than or equal to the difference, puts those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #11907
Scholarship Sponsor enters and hands each opponent a land from their library — straight to the battlefield, tapped — and in politics-heavy Commander builds that goodwill pays for itself fast. The four-mana cost is real, but Breena, the Demagogue decks run it because opponents who just got a free land are opponents who attack elsewhere.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Breena, the Demagogue
Breena, the Demagogue wants opponents attacking each other, and Scholarship Sponsor's land gifts are exactly the kind of table-wide favor that steers combat away from you while Breena stacks counters on your creatures.
Shadrix Silverquill
Shadrix Silverquill already operates on a give-to-gain axis, and Scholarship Sponsor fits that framework cleanly — handing out lands keeps opponents happy enough to let Shadrix's token and card-draw modes resolve without immediate blowback.
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler builds goodwill through symmetrical gifts, and Scholarship Sponsor slots into that philosophy as another enter-the-battlefield favor that softens the table's threat assessment of you.
Gluntch, the Bestower
Gluntch, the Bestower is built around choosing who gets rewarded each turn, and Scholarship Sponsor supplements that engine with a one-time land gift that greases the same political wheels Gluntch spins every upkeep.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scholarship Sponsor is a Commander card through and through — the political dimension of gifting lands only matters in a multiplayer game where those opponents have attacks and votes to redirect. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a four-mana do-nothing-on-board creature has no competitive application. Oathbreaker shares the multiplayer context, so the politics read the same way, though the faster pace of that format makes the four-mana entry point harder to justify. Commander is where Scholarship Sponsor actually earns its slot, specifically in decks that want the table's goodwill as a resource.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Scholarship Sponsor is bulk — you're not paying a premium for the effect. It's a stable bulk rare with a narrow enough home that demand won't push the price, so pick it up cheap and don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.