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Sefris of the Hidden Ways

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, venture into the dungeon. This ability triggers only once each turn. (To venture into the dungeon, enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
Create Undead — Whenever you complete a dungeon, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}
Color identity
BUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#8077
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Sefris of the Hidden Ways turns every venture-into-the-dungeon trigger into a free reanimate when you complete a dungeon, letting you loop massive threats without ever paying their mana costs. The cost is real — three colors, a legendary slot, and a mechanic that requires a dedicated dungeon-support shell to fire consistently — but Radiant Solar and The Destined Warrior give that shell enough density to make the engine genuinely threatening.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The Destined Warrior

The Destined Warrior

15.4% of decks · synergy 0.15

The Destined Warrior's repeated venture triggers are exactly what Sefris of the Hidden Ways needs to complete dungeons fast, turning the pair into a self-sustaining reanimate loop that can pull any creature out of the graveyard as early as turn four.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Sefris of the Hidden Ways is a Commander card in every meaningful sense — the dungeon mechanic is slow, incremental, and built for a 40-life multiplayer game where you have the turns to complete it. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a three-mana legend with no immediate board impact and a setup-dependent payoff simply can't compete. Commander is where Sefris operates as intended: helming a dedicated venture shell or sitting in the 99 of any Esper reanimator deck that wants a repeatable, free recursion trigger in the mid-to-late game.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Sefris of the Hidden Ways isn't available in this context — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. As a non-mythic Commander legend from a precon-adjacent release, it typically sits in the affordable range and is worth picking up if you're building the dungeon shell, but verify before buying.

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