Soratami Seer
Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
Flying
, Return two lands you control to their owner's hand: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #20459
Soratami Seer lets you cash in lands from your hand for card draws at instant speed — the problem is that the exchange rate, two lands per draw, is ruinous unless you're building around landfall or hand-size payoffs. Outside of a dedicated synergy shell, the opportunity cost makes it a trap.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soratami Seer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in none of them on raw efficiency grounds. In Commander it occupies a narrow niche: decks that want to discard lands for value, trigger landfall repeatedly, or manipulate hand size for cards like Iron Maiden effects — think Tatyova or Aesi builds that can recur lands from the graveyard. In Legacy and Vintage the cost structure is simply too steep; no competitive shell wants to trade two lands for a single card at sorcery speed when better draw exists. Oathbreaker could theoretically host it in a dedicated lands-matter shell, but the pool is small enough that it remains fringe.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Soratami Seer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. The price reflects its play rate accurately, and there's no obvious reprint or breakout scenario that would move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.