Tam, Mindful First-Year
Legendary Creature — Gorgon Wizard
Each other creature you control has hexproof from each of its colors.
: Target creature you control becomes all colors until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.74
- EDHREC rank
- #8017
Tam, Mindful First-Year is a two-mana 1/1 that replaces itself on entry and keeps replacing itself whenever you cast a legendary spell — in the right shell, that's a draw engine stapled to a body that also pumps Sisay, Weatherlight Captain's activated ability. The cost is that outside legendary-dense decks, Tam is just an overcosted Elvish Visionary.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain's activated ability scales with the highest power among legendary permanents you control, and Tam, Mindful First-Year checks both boxes — it's a legendary creature that draws a card when Sisay or any other legend hits the battlefield, making it both a threat-density piece and incidental card advantage in the same slot.
Jodah, the Unifier
Jodah, the Unifier triggers Tam, Mindful First-Year's draw ability on every legendary cascade hit, which in a five-color legends pile means you're drawing multiple cards per combat step without dedicating additional card slots to the engine.
Damia, Sage of Stone
Damia, Sage of Stone already refills your hand to seven at your upkeep, so Tam, Mindful First-Year's role shifts — here it's a cheap legendary body that contributes to synergy counts and draws an extra card whenever the legends-matter subtheme fires, rather than being a primary draw source.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tam, Mindful First-Year is legal across every major constructed format but sees essentially no play outside Commander, and that's the right read — two mana for a 1/1 loots-when-legends-enter isn't a playable rate in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the legendary density required to justify the slot doesn't exist in competitive builds. In Standard it's similarly a bulk rare. Commander is the only format where legendary-tribal density is high enough to turn Tam into real card advantage, and even there it belongs in specific archetypes rather than as a generic value piece.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.74 bulk tier
At $0.74, Tam, Mindful First-Year sits firmly in bulk rare territory, which is accurate — demand is narrow enough that a spike into meaningful price territory would require a breakout legendary-tribal build that doesn't currently exist. Pick it up freely for any Sisay or Jodah list; there's no reason to wait or pay more.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.