Skywise Teachings
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay . If you do, create a 2/2 blue Djinn Monk creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20649
Skywise Teachings turns every noncreature spell into a 2/2 flying token — reliably, repeatedly, for the cost of one blue mana per trigger. It's a must-answer engine in spellslinger builds, and commanders like Anhelo, the Painter that stack spell-cast triggers make it quietly oppressive.
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 |
Skywise Teachings is a Commander card — full stop. The five-mana enchantment asking 1U per trigger is too slow and mana-intensive for competitive Constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, where dedicated token strategies or spellslinger payoffs simply get there faster and cheaper. In Commander, that calculus flips: the redundancy of a permanent that fires all game long from a single investment is exactly the kind of incremental advantage multiplayer rewards, and blue-heavy spellslinger commanders generate enough spell density to make the 1U activation feel cheap by mid-game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card





Anhelo, the PainterSkywise TeachingsCapture of JingzhouCall to MindMystic Retrieval
Infinite turns; Lock
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Anhelo, the PainterSkywise TeachingsTemporal ManipulationCall to MindMystic Retrieval
Infinite turns; Lock
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Anhelo, the PainterSkywise TeachingsTime WarpCall to MindMystic Retrieval
Infinite turns; Lock
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Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Skywise Teachings is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or bulk bin find. The price reflects its narrow Commander-specific role, so don't expect it to move unless a high-profile spellslinger commander drives sudden demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.