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Wisdom of Ages

Sorcery

Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Exile Wisdom of Ages.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#12258
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Wisdom of Ages card art
Wisdom of Ages drops a massive burst of mana onto the board the turn you cast it — Seething Song is the obvious comparison, but this goes wider in the right shell. The cost is real: you're leaning on Quandrix, the Proof or a similar instant-value engine to justify a card that does nothing without follow-up.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Quandrix, the Proof

Quandrix, the Proof

47.0% of decks · synergy 0.43

Quandrix, the Proof runs Wisdom of Ages in nearly half its decks because the commander wants to cheat expensive instants and sorceries into play, and a sudden mana spike lets you chain spells in ways opponents can't answer at sorcery speed.

02
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

15.2% of decks · synergy 0.13

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea cares about casting spells on every player's turn, and Wisdom of Ages provides the floating mana to actually pay for those off-turn casts without tapping out on your own.

03
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

13.5% of decks · synergy 0.13

Hidetsugu and Kairi wants the biggest possible instant or sorcery on top of the library when the dragon connects, and Wisdom of Ages sitting there means the free cast immediately refuels your mana for whatever comes next.

04
Prismari, the Inspiration

Prismari, the Inspiration

13.6% of decks · synergy 0.09

Prismari, the Inspiration rewards high-cost instant and sorcery plays with card advantage, so Wisdom of Ages functions as both a payoff trigger and the setup piece that funds the next expensive spell in the same turn.

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

Wisdom of Ages is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually earns a slot. In 60-card formats the card is too narrow — a one-shot mana burst without a guaranteed payoff attached is hard to justify in formats where tempo and card parity are tighter. Commander's singleton structure and longer game arc let you build around the spike, and the multiplayer context means opponents rarely have the instant-speed answer to stop whatever you do with the mana. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander shell where it could see real play, since the signature spell axis rewards exactly this kind of burst.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Wisdom of Ages isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number before buying. Given its niche role as a mana-burst piece in specific instant-and-sorcery commanders, it's unlikely to carry a premium unless demand spikes around a breakout build.

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