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Summon the School

Kindred Sorcery — Merfolk

Create two 1/1 blue Merfolk Wizard creature tokens.
Tap four untapped Merfolk you control: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Lorwyn
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#19147
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Summon the School card art
Summon the School puts four 1/1 Merfolk tokens on the battlefield for four mana — reasonable rate on its own — but the real reason to run it is the untap rider that pairs with Intruder Alarm and any creature that taps for mana to go infinite. It's a bulk rare doing combo work well above its price tag.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Summon the School actually lives — the untap trigger is built for infinite loops, and tribal Merfolk shells give every token immediate value through lords and tap-based payoffs. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but wholly uncompetitive; those formats move faster than a four-mana sorcery that doesn't affect the board until your next turn can matter. Modern follows the same logic: the token rate isn't good enough for a fair strategy, and dedicated combo decks have more consistent lines available. Summon the School is a Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

81 decks
Summon the SchoolIntruder AlarmCryptolith Rite

Summon the SchoolIntruder AlarmCryptolith Rite

Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Summon the School sits squarely in bulk rare territory — easy to pick up without thinking about it. Prices this low rarely move unless a breakout combo moment pushes demand, so grab it cheap and don't expect it to appreciate.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.