Study Hall
Land
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, : Add one mana of any color. When you spend this mana to cast your commander, scry X, where X is the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #4777
Study Hall lets you copy an instant or sorcery each turn for free once you've paid four mana to set it up — that's a repeatable doubling effect stapled to a land, which means it doesn't cost you a card slot. Rootha, Mastering the Moment decks are the natural home, but any shell that casts multiple instants or sorceries per turn gets immediate mileage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rootha, Mastering the Moment
Rootha, Mastering the Moment's entire game plan is copying spells for value, and Study Hall adds a land-slot copy trigger on top of whatever Rootha is already doing — the two stack rather than compete.
Dina, Essence Brewer
Dina, Essence Brewer wants to chain life-drain spells, and Study Hall turns every key instant or sorcery into two triggers off Dina's ability for the cost of a land drop.
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Zimone, Infinite Analyst generates value off extra land drops and spell repetition, so Study Hall fits cleanly into the loop — it's both a land and a spell-copy engine in one slot.
Killian, Decisive Mentor
Killian, Decisive Mentor discounts Auras and targeted spells, and Study Hall's free copy each turn means Killian's reduced-cost spells go twice as far without spending additional mana.
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers off instants and sorceries leaving the graveyard, and Study Hall's copies go to the graveyard after resolving — each activation feeds Quintorius an extra trigger.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Study Hall does its best work: singleton construction rewards lands that pull double duty, and the longer game gives you time to activate it repeatedly. In Pauper, the common-legal copy effect on a land is genuinely unusual and worth exploring in spell-heavy builds. Legacy and Vintage both allow it, but the competition at the land slot is brutal and the activation cost is too slow for those formats. Study Hall is fundamentally a value engine for games that go long — formats that end on turn three have no use for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Study Hall is pure bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a land that copies spells. That price is unlikely to move unless a breakout Commander deck pushes demand, so pick up copies now if you need them and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.