Silumgar Sorcerer
Creature — Human Wizard Sorcerer
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, counter target creature spell.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19272
Silumgar Sorcerer is a two-mana flash creature that counters a creature spell on entry — that's a Exclude stapled to a 2/1 flying body, and the exploit clause means you can sacrifice it to redraw value at will. The cost is real: exploit requires a sacrifice, the body is fragile, and it only hits creatures — but for blue decks that want interaction on a stick, this overdelivers for its price.
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 |
Silumgar Sorcerer sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — Counterspell and its derivatives are cheaper and unconditional, so a three-mana creature-only counter doesn't compete. Commander is where it lives: flash creatures that interact at instant speed and generate value through exploit are exactly what blue creature-based strategies want, and the combination of a flying body, a free counterspell, and a sacrifice outlet on one card is genuinely hard to replicate at two mana. It's a reasonable include in any Commander deck that runs an exploit payoff or a sacrifice-matters subtheme, and it slots cleanly into Dimir and Sultai builds that want their interaction to leave something on board.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Silumgar Sorcerer at the moment, but it's a bulk rare that has historically sat well under a dollar and shows up in bargain bins at most stores. It's worth picking up if you're building an exploit or sacrifice-value shell — the ceiling on its price is low given the narrow application, but so is the buy-in.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.