Scribe of the Mindful
Creature — Human Cleric
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, Sacrifice this creature: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21175
Scribe of the Mindful gives you a repeatable instant or sorcery recurrence stapled to a 2/2 body for three mana — the effect is real, but the cost is steep: you're tapping a creature and paying a mana every time you want to rebuy a spell. It earns its slot only in decks that generate enough mana and spells to loop it continuously; everywhere else, it's too slow.
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 |
In Commander, Scribe of the Mindful fits narrowly into spellslinger and aristocrats-adjacent lists that generate mana through untap effects or tokens, turning the tap-and-pay activation into an engine rather than a one-off. Pauper is where it has the most legitimate competition — commons-only means the ceiling on recursion is lower, and a repeatable instant/sorcery return on a creature body is genuinely scarce at that rarity tier. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, the format speed and density of better options push Scribe of the Mindful entirely off the table. Oathbreaker can reward it in the same way Commander does, particularly with a planeswalker that churns through instants and sorceries.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Scribe of the Mindful is deep bulk — you're grabbing it out of a common bin, not a singles order. The price reflects its narrow playability accurately and isn't going anywhere unless a future combo piece makes the tap activation suddenly degenerate.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.