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Tezzeret the Seeker

Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret

+1: Untap up to two target artifacts.
−X: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
−5: Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Mythic Edition
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1624
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Tezzeret the Seeker card art
Tezzeret the Seeker tutors any artifact directly onto the battlefield with his minus ability — no mana cost paid — and that effect alone justifies the five-mana investment in any artifact-heavy shell. Coretapper and similar low-equity artifacts become live combo pieces the moment he enters, and under Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy the whole engine accelerates fast enough to close games.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

52.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy's mana doublers make Tezzeret the Seeker's five-mana ask trivial, and fetching the right mana rock or combo piece at instant speed advances the Kinnan engine faster than almost any other tutor in blue.

02
Urza, Lord High Artificer

Urza, Lord High Artificer

48.2% of decks · synergy 0.39

Urza, Lord High Artificer turns every artifact on the battlefield into a mana source, so Tezzeret the Seeker fetching a zero- or one-drop artifact isn't just card advantage — it's free mana that feeds Urza's activated ability.

03
Arcum Dagsson

Arcum Dagsson

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.31

Arcum Dagsson already wants a dense artifact count to activate repeatedly, and Tezzeret the Seeker pulling key combo artifacts directly into play lets the deck execute its game plan a full turn faster.

04
Urza, Lord Protector

Urza, Lord Protector

31.0% of decks · synergy 0.27

Urza, Lord Protector decks lean on artifacts to support the Meld combo, and Tezzeret the Seeker's tutor-to-battlefield line finds missing pieces while his plus ability keeps loyalty healthy enough to threaten an ultimate.

05
Memnarch

Memnarch

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.26

Memnarch's activation is expensive and hungry for blue mana, so Tezzeret the Seeker fetching mana rocks and accelerants directly into play closes the gap between assembling mana and stealing key permanents.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Tezzeret the Seeker earns his reputation — artifact commanders run him as a combination tutor, ramp enabler, and late-game threat, and the five-mana cost is no obstacle in a format where games regularly reach turns seven and eight. In Legacy he's legal but sees almost no play; the format moves too fast for a five-mana planeswalker who doesn't immediately stabilize the board. Vintage is the same story: powerful artifacts are everywhere, but so is fast disruption that punishes five-mana investments without immediate impact. Oathbreaker is the sleeper format for him — as a planeswalker commander with a built-in artifact tutor, he can be built around directly in a 60-card shell that reaches his cost more reliably.

Key Combos

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Price Context

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Pricing data for Tezzeret the Seeker isn't currently available in this listing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most accurate figure before buying. Given his consistent demand across artifact Commander builds, copies tend to hold value steadily rather than spiking or dropping sharply.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.