Serum Visionary

Creature — Vedalken Wizard

When this creature enters, draw a card, then scry 2.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons 3
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#10194
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Serum Visionary card art
Serum Visionary enters the battlefield, draws you a card, and scrys 2 — three actions on a single 1U body that replaces itself the moment it lands. Y'shtola Rhul decks run it at a 23% rate for good reason: the scry digs for payoffs while the ETB keeps the card count neutral.

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Y'shtola Rhul

Y'shtola Rhul

23.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Y'shtola Rhul cares about ETB triggers, and Serum Visionary delivers two of them on entry — the draw and the scry both fire, making every flicker or bounce a card-quality engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Serum Visionary is a cheap, replaceable cantrip that smooths early turns and keeps the hand stocked in creature-heavy builds — it's not a staple everywhere, but in Wizard tribal and ETB-flicker shells it overperforms its slot. In Pauper it competes in a crowded field of one-mana blue cantrips and is legal but rarely the first choice over Preordain. Legacy and Vintage are formats where Serum Visionary is technically legal but never sees play — the cantrip bar is simply too high when Brainstorm and Ponder are available at the same cost.

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$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Serum Visionary is bulk — pick it up in any common lot without a second thought. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but this one will always be a free inclusion in any blue ETB or Wizard deck that needs it.

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