Tameshi, Reality Architect
Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
Whenever one or more noncreature permanents are returned to hand, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn., Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Return target artifact or enchantment card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #9600
Tameshi, Reality Architect turns any land bounce into a free permanent recursion engine — return a land to your hand, pay one mana, get an artifact or enchantment back from your graveyard, repeat every turn. The cost is real: you're spending mana and lands-in-hand to fuel the loop, so shells that already want to bounce lands, like Patron of the Moon, get the trigger nearly for free, while slower builds risk grinding themselves out; Sharuum the Hegemon decks run Tameshi specifically because the artifact recursion stacks with Sharuum's own enters-the-battlefield clause to generate absurd value.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Sharuum the Hegemon
Sharuum the Hegemon already wants a graveyard stocked with artifacts, and Tameshi, Reality Architect provides a repeatable, on-demand way to reload from the bin before Sharuum even hits the table — the two cards form a recursive loop that's difficult to race once it gets rolling.
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 |
In Commander, Tameshi, Reality Architect slots cleanly into any Azorius or Esper deck that runs land-bounce effects or fetchlands, converting incidental land returns into a steady stream of recursive permanents — it's especially powerful as the commander itself, since blue-white has deep access to enchantments, artifacts, and the bounce spells that fuel the engine. In Modern and Pioneer, Tameshi sees fringe play in dedicated combo shells built around bouncing cheap artifacts and enchantments for value, but the setup cost and lack of immediate impact make it a build-around rather than a staple. Legacy and Vintage have more efficient recursion available at lower mana costs, so Tameshi rarely competes there outside of niche brewers.
Key Combos
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Tameshi, Reality ArchitectPatron of the MoonLotus Bloom
Infinite colored mana; Infinite landfall triggers; Return all artifacts from your graveyard to the battlefield; Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
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Tameshi, Reality ArchitectLotus BloomMirrormadeAncient Den
Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite storm count
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Tameshi, Reality ArchitectLotus BloomMirrormadeSeat of the Synod
Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite storm count
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Tameshi, Reality ArchitectLotus BloomCopy ArtifactAncient Den
Infinite colored mana; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite storm count
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Tameshi, Reality ArchitectLotus BloomCopy ArtifactSeat of the Synod
Infinite colored mana; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Tameshi, Reality Architect sits firmly in bulk territory, which is a genuine bargain given how much work it does in the right shell. Bulk rares with active Commander homes tend to hold a floor around this price indefinitely, so there's no urgency to buy in multiples — just grab a copy when you need it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.