Sultai Soothsayer
Creature — Snake Shaman
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #24193
Sultai Soothsayer lands as a 4/4 with deathtouch and lets you scry 4 on entry — that's a real body that trades with anything and a meaningful look at the top of your deck for five mana. The cost is that it does nothing else: no card advantage, no immediate threat, just a defensive speed bump with a minor filtering effect.
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 |
Sultai Soothsayer is a Commander card through and through — the five-mana slot is competitive enough in 60-card formats that a 4/4 deathtouch plus scry 4 doesn't clear the bar for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where that rate simply doesn't keep pace. In Commander, the calculus changes: deathtouch on a sizeable body dissuades attacks in multiplayer, and scry 4 on a creature lets you rebuy the effect with flicker or reanimation. It's never a staple, but in Sultai ETB or graveyard decks it earns its slot as a defensive filler piece with upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Sultai Soothsayer is pure bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy. There's no meaningful reason for the price to move; it's not a combo piece or a staple, so treat it as a free inclusion if you own one and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.