Teferi's Protege
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23549
Teferi's Protege is a three-mana 2/3 that lets you draw a card whenever you cast an instant during your second main phase — a narrow trigger that requires both holding mana open and having spells worth casting after combat. The cost in deck-building flexibility rarely pays off compared to unconditional draw at the same slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Teferi's Protege is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Oathbreaker, and Vintage, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the trigger fires at most once per turn cycle and demands a specific sequencing pattern — leaving up instant-speed spells after your combat step — that conflicts with most blue tempo and control lines. Pauper is the only format where a three-mana 2/3 with incremental card advantage could theoretically pull weight, but the conditionality disqualifies it there too. Every format has cleaner options at this cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Teferi's Protege is deep bulk — the floor of the market. That price is stable purely because demand is negligible, not because it's quietly underplayed; don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.