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Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo

+1: Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
−2: Draw a card for each tapped creature target player controls.
−8: You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size" and "Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, you may return it to your hand."

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Avacyn Restored
Price
$5.73
EDHREC rank
#5402
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Tamiyo, the Moon Sage card art
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage locks down threats, draws cards, and ultimates into a hand-refilling engine that effectively wins games on the spot — and with Doubling Season in play, she hits that ultimate the turn she enters. The six-mana cost is real, but Hylda of the Icy Crown decks and proliferate shells justify it by turning every activation into compounding value.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hylda of the Icy Crown

Hylda of the Icy Crown

37.2% of decks · synergy 0.35

Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers off tapping opponents' creatures, and Tamiyo, the Moon Sage's plus ability does exactly that — every activation generates Hylda tokens while also locking down a blocker or attacker.

02
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

36.9% of decks · synergy 0.35

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles every proliferate trigger, which means Tamiyo, the Moon Sage accumulates loyalty counters far faster than her printed rate — she reaches the emblem in two or three turns instead of five.

03

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

22.7% of decks · synergy 0.22

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student builds toward Tamiyo lore payoffs, and Tamiyo, the Moon Sage is the premier endgame piece in that package — the ultimate emblem is the cleanest way to close a game once the early-game student has done her work.

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 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage does her best work — the singleton format slows games down enough that a six-mana planeswalker can realistically ultimate, and the emblem's "draw a card for each spell you cast and return instants and sorceries to your hand" text is a game-ending engine in spell-heavy decks. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but effectively unplayed; those formats don't give her the turns she needs to tick up. Oathbreaker is an interesting home since she can serve as the spellbook commander, but the 20-life total accelerates games past her comfort zone.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If the six-mana investment is too steep, Dungeon Map and Venser's Journal are obviously not the same card, but for the tap-and-lock angle specifically, Blind Obedience and Icy Manipulator cover a chunk of Tamiyo, the Moon Sage's control function at a fraction of the price. Neither replaces the emblem — that's a unique effect with no clean budget analogue — so if the emblem is why you want her, there's no substitute.

Price Context

Current price

$5.73 mid tier

At $5.73, Tamiyo, the Moon Sage sits in the mid tier — cheap enough to slot in without budgeting around her, expensive enough that it's worth confirming she fits the deck before buying. Prices on older planeswalkers in this range tend to be stable, driven by Commander demand rather than tournament spikes.

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