Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
Land — Town
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #5442
Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars enters tapped and produces any color of mana, but the real draw is its triggered ability: whenever The Wandering Minstrel or another legendary creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card. That's a repeatable card-advantage engine stapled to a land, and in the right deck it replaces itself every swing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel is the obvious home — Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars was designed around this commander, and with Minstrel attacking into open boards or being buffed through to opponents, you're drawing cards off the land you already needed to cast him.
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur runs a legendaries-matter strategy where multiple legendary creatures are attacking each turn, and Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars turns each of those combats into card draws without spending a slot in the 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars is legal across every major format but only matters in Commander, where legendary creatures attacking repeatedly is a common game state. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, a tapped land with a conditional draw trigger attached to combat damage is simply too slow and too narrow — you'd never run it over a basic. In Commander it's free value: no deck slot sacrificed, just a utility land slotted over a basic in any deck where a legendary creature swings most turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars is bulk — pick it up in any lot or as a throw-in without a second thought. Bulk cards tied to a single product's mechanically distinct legendary commander rarely spike unless that commander becomes a breakout, so treat this as a cheap include, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
- Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.