Temple of Enlightenment
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #298
Temple of Enlightenment enters tapped — that's the real cost — but the scry 1 on arrival converts the tempo loss into a small but genuine card-quality advantage over a basic Island or Plains. In Azorius shells built around top-of-library manipulation, Aminatou, Veil Piercer being in the same color identity makes this a natural inclusion: the deck already cares about what's sitting on top of your library.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Aminatou, Veil Piercer's ability to exile and return permanents generates repeated enters-the-battlefield triggers, and Temple of Enlightenment's scry 1 on entry means every bounce cycle tops off your next draw — slow value that compounds in a deck already designed to grind.
Elminster
Elminster triggers off scrying, so Temple of Enlightenment is doing double duty: it fixes mana and procs your commander on the same turn it enters, making the tempo cost feel much lighter in this build.
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign rewards you for stacking odd-CMC cards on top of your library, and Temple of Enlightenment's scry 1 is a free library-ordering tool that feeds that engine every time you play it.
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler cares about discovering and triggering adventure-style value across many card types, and Temple of Enlightenment slots in as a dual land that smooths the mana base while adding a scry trigger to the pile of small incremental effects the deck accumulates.
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian runs in white-blue and rewards decks that sequence efficiently; Temple of Enlightenment covers both colors and filters the top of the library on entry, which matters when you need to hit specific payoffs on curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Temple of Enlightenment is a reliable role-player in Azorius and any three-color deck touching white and blue — the scry 1 is meaningful when you're taking one action per turn and need to filter draws across a long game. In faster 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the enters-tapped clause is a serious liability: losing a turn of mana development can lose you the game, and both formats have access to shocklands and fetchlands that produce the same colors without the delay. Legacy and Vintage have even stricter opportunity costs, so Temple of Enlightenment rarely shows up in competitive lists there. Standard is the exception where it occasionally sees play when the dual land pool is shallow and players need the color fixing more than the speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Temple of Enlightenment isn't available at this time, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates before buying. It has been reprinted multiple times, which historically keeps its price accessible, making it a reasonable pickup for budget Azorius Commander builds.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aminatou, Veil Piercer
- Elminster
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
- Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.