Textbook Tabulator
Creature — Frog Wizard
Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22602
Textbook Tabulator enters and immediately generates a mass of Frog tokens equal to the number of permanents your opponents control — in a four-player game that's routinely 15–25 bodies from a single three-mana play. The cost is that those tokens only survive until end of turn, so the card lives or dies by what you do with that window.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore turns every one of those temporary Frogs into a free mill-and-exile trigger, letting Textbook Tabulator effectively cantrip through your library at a scale most draw spells can't match.
Clement, the Worrywort
Clement, the Worrywort cares about creatures entering the battlefield, so Textbook Tabulator's burst of Frogs translates directly into a proportional pile of +1/+1 counters, card draws, or other Clement triggers all at once.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Textbook Tabulator is a Commander card through and through — the token count scales with the number of permanents across three opponents, which is where it produces absurd value. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer it enters as a three-mana 1/1 that makes a handful of tokens that disappear immediately, which is simply not competitive. Pauper is the one other format where its common status keeps it cheap to slot in, but the same 1v1 ceiling applies. Play it in Commander and nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Textbook Tabulator is deep bulk — you'll find it in dollar bins and budget picks without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow homes tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so don't expect price movement; just pick up copies freely when building Grolnok or any token-payoff list.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Grolnok, the Omnivore
- Clement, the Worrywort
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.