Teferi's Tutelage
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever you draw a card, target opponent mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #5076
Teferi's Tutelage turns every card draw into a mill trigger, and in decks built around drawing constantly — like Arjun, the Shifting Flame, where every spell replaces your entire hand — that adds up to lethal mill damage fast. Three mana for a passive enchantment that does nothing on its own is the cost, and it's worth paying only when your deck reliably draws four or more cards per turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arjun, the Shifting Flame
Arjun, the Shifting Flame replaces your hand with seven new cards every time you cast a spell, and each of those draws fires Teferi's Tutelage — a single active turn can mill a player out of the game on its own.
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent doubles every mill trigger, so each draw off Teferi's Tutelage mills four cards instead of two — the math gets lethal very quickly in a dedicated mill shell.
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner rewards milling opponents with damage, making Teferi's Tutelage a dual-threat piece that advances both the mill count and the life-drain plan simultaneously.
Phenax, God of Deception
Phenax, God of Deception decks want multiple mill vectors on the board at once, and Teferi's Tutelage slots in as a low-investment enchantment that contributes passively every time the deck draws.
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher encourages opponents to draw cards, and Teferi's Tutelage punishes that shared draw by converting every triggered card draw at the table into additional mill for you.
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, Teferi's Tutelage is a role-player, not a staple — it belongs in dedicated mill or wheel decks where draw triggers stack up and opponents have 100-card libraries to chew through. In Modern and Pioneer, it saw brief fringe play in turbo-mill lists alongside Persistent Petitioners and Ruin Crab, but the format has largely moved past it. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, more consistent mill engines, so Teferi's Tutelage doesn't compete there. Oathbreaker is probably its second-best home after Commander, where a draw-heavy planeswalker can generate triggers every turn from the command zone.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Teferi's Tutelage is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any binder or throw into a cart as a throw-in. Don't expect the price to move; it's a build-around with a narrow home and no cross-format demand propping it up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.