Scroll of the Masters
Artifact
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a lore counter on this artifact.
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: Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each lore counter on this artifact.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #14802
Scroll of the Masters starts as a 2-mana artifact that grows a lore counter for every noncreature spell you cast, then converts its counter stack into a combat pump and a triggered ability drain — both scaling with how deep your spell history runs. The payoff is real in dedicated spellslinger or wizard-tribal shells, but the setup time means it does nothing the turn it enters and demands you build around it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scroll of the Masters is almost exclusively a Commander card — the singleton format rewards slow-building artifacts that scale over a long game, and spellslinger commanders give it a natural shell where counters accumulate without any extra effort. In Legacy and Vintage the two-mana setup cost and the turn-cycle delay before it does anything at all put it nowhere near playable; those formats kill or win before the Scroll reaches a relevant counter count. Modern and Pioneer have the same problem compounded by artifact hate that's cheap and ubiquitous, making a do-nothing-on-entry artifact a liability. Stick to Commander, and specifically to decks already casting six or more noncreature spells per game — below that threshold the pump numbers stay embarrassingly small.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Scroll of the Masters is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and is easy to pick up in any trade binder or budget order. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless a new commander pushes them into competitive demand, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.