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Vizier of the Menagerie

Creature — Snake Cleric

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast creature spells from the top of your library.
You can spend mana of any type to cast creature spells.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
mythic
Set
Amonkhet
Price
$1.01
EDHREC rank
#4262
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Vizier of the Menagerie card art
Vizier of the Menagerie turns the top of your library into a second hand for creatures — cast them with any color of mana, and you always know what's coming next. At four mana you're paying a fair rate for an effect that scales absurdly in creature-dense builds, and commanders like Aphelia, Viper Whisperer and Sliver Overlord that chain creatures off the top will find it nearly irreplaceable.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

50.7% of decks · synergy 0.50

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer appears in over half of all builds partly because Vizier of the Menagerie lets her cast whatever creature sits on top using any mana, smoothing out the color requirements on a snake-tribal pile that spans multiple colors.

02
Nikya of the Old Ways

Nikya of the Old Ways

50.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Nikya of the Old Ways locks out noncreature spells, so Vizier of the Menagerie does real work by turning creature-heavy libraries into a continuous stream of castable gas without ever touching an instant or sorcery.

03
Animar, Soul of Elements

Animar, Soul of Elements

36.0% of decks · synergy 0.33

Animar, Soul of Elements builds chain creatures compulsively, and Vizier of the Menagerie feeds that loop by providing both visibility and flexible mana for whatever creature surfaces next — especially relevant when Animar's cost reductions let you fire off multiple cards in a single turn.

04
Kellan, the Kid

Kellan, the Kid

18.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Kellan, the Kid runs wide on creatures and Adventures, and Vizier of the Menagerie gives Kellan decks a cheap way to convert a stacked top of library into immediate board presence without spending extra resources.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Vizier of the Menagerie is legal everywhere from Standard to Legacy, but its home is Commander — a 99-card singleton format where library variance is high and creature counts routinely hit 30-plus. In 60-card formats it sees fringe play at best, outcompeted by faster card advantage engines that don't ask you to build around creatures specifically. In Commander, the combination of scry effects, top-deck manipulation, and high creature density makes Vizier of the Menagerie reliably impactful, and the mana-fixing text is genuinely relevant in three- and four-color builds that want to chain off-color creatures without fixing.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

16 decks
Sliver OverlordMana EchoesVizier of the Menagerie

Sliver OverlordMana EchoesVizier of the Menagerie

Cast all Sliver creature cards in your hand and library; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite colorless mana; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite storm count

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12 decks
GravecrawlerAshnod's AltarVizier of the Menagerie

GravecrawlerAshnod's AltarVizier of the Menagerie

Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

$1.01 cheap tier

At $1.01, Vizier of the Menagerie sits firmly in impulse-buy territory — cheap enough that the barrier to entry is essentially zero for any creature-heavy Commander deck. Its price has stayed flat because supply is healthy, but the demand floor from Commander keeps it from sliding further.

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