Strago and Relm
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Sketch and Lore — 
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: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant, sorcery, or creature card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. If you cast a creature spell this way, it gains haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature." Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #9711
Strago and Relm put an instant or sorcery from your graveyard on top of your library every time a creature dies — repeatable recursion stapled onto a two-body package that costs five mana. Compared to Terra, Herald of Hope, which wants spells flowing freely every turn, this is lower-ceiling but also lower-ask: no attack trigger, no life condition, just a death and a topdeck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope rewards you for casting spells every turn, and Strago and Relm guarantee a fresh spell lands on top of your library every time a creature dies — in a deck full of token generation and sacrifice outlets, that's a near-permanent reload engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Strago and Relm actually does something. The multiplayer board state means creatures die constantly, so the trigger fires often enough to matter, and two bodies for five mana is acceptable value in a format that runs slower. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested — five mana for a graveyard-to-topdeck loop is nowhere near the rate those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning: if your planeswalker has instants or sorceries worth recurring, Strago and Relm can quietly engine in the background.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Strago and Relm sits firmly in bulk territory, which reflects its narrow appeal rather than weak design. It's not a card that gets more expensive over time — pick it up whenever you're ready to build around it, because the floor is already the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.