Serum Visionary
Creature — Vedalken Wizard
When this creature enters, draw a card, then scry 2.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #10194
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.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Y'shtola Rhul
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.
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist copies Wizard ETBs for one mana, so a single Serum Visionary becomes two draws and four scry steps the moment Inalla is online — raw card selection at almost no cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
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.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$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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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.