Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi
Whenever you draw a card, put a loyalty counter on Teferi.
0: Draw a card.
−2: Create a 2/2 blue Spirit creature token with vigilance and "Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this token."
−12: Target opponent chooses a permanent they control and returns it to its owner's hand. Then they shuffle each nonland permanent they control into its owner's library.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $4.26
- EDHREC rank
- #3203
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim lands on turn five and immediately starts converting every card you draw into loyalty counters, making it a self-protecting threat that scales with draw-heavy strategies. Commanders like Arjun, the Shifting Flame that churn through cards constantly will have it ticking toward an ultimate within a turn or two, while value-oriented decks built around O'aka, Traveling Merchant will find it a reliable loyalty engine that rarely sits idle.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arjun, the Shifting Flame
Arjun, the Shifting Flame replaces your hand on every spell cast, which means Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim gains loyalty on each of those triggers — it's not uncommon to ultimate Teferi the same turn it enters.
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff cares about proliferating and stacking planeswalker loyalty, and Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim's self-charging ability means it enters the proliferate loop already ahead of curve.
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles proliferate triggers, so every loyalty counter Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim accrues from drawn cards can be doubled again when you proliferate — the ultimate arrives embarrassingly fast.
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards you for having large hand sizes, and Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim's plus ability directly pads your hand while growing its loyalty, keeping both engines fed simultaneously.
Jin-Gitaxias
Jin-Gitaxias turns every opponent's draw into card advantage for you, generating a flood of draw triggers that Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim converts directly into loyalty — the two share the same axis of weaponizing card draw.
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 |
Commander is where Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim earns its keep — a 100-card singleton format with draw-heavy generals means its loyalty engine runs hot, and the emblem's effect of generating 2/2 Wizards on every draw is a legitimate game-ender in multiplayer. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy and Modern, Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim is too slow at five mana and too dependent on drawing cards to outpace the threats those formats present at the same cost. Pioneer has enough midrange draw-go shells to consider it fringe-playable, but it's not seeing meaningful competitive results there either. Oathbreaker is a natural home given its planeswalker-as-commander structure, where a draw-synergy signature spell can accelerate the loyalty gain dramatically.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
O'aka, Traveling MerchantMind Over MatterTeferi, Temporal Pilgrim
Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting
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Current price
$4.26 cheap tier
At $4.26, Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim sits in the budget-include tier — low enough that it needs no justification in any draw-matters build. It's a mythic planeswalker with real synergy density, so this price reflects post-rotation dampening rather than the card's actual power ceiling.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.