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Wizards of Thay

Creature — Human Wizard

Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$2.16
EDHREC rank
#3641
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Wizards of Thay card art
Wizards of Thay makes every instant and sorcery you cast cost one generic less — a passive discount engine stapled to a 4/4 body that adds up fast in any spell-heavy blue deck. The cost is four mana for a creature that dies to removal, but the discount applies the turn it enters, and in the right shell you can cash in free spells like Worldfire before opponents can answer it. Run it in Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster and it's nearly mandatory.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gale, Waterdeep ProdigyScion of Halaster

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster

48.7% of decks · synergy 0.48

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster cares deeply about casting instants and sorceries, and Wizards of Thay turns every one of those spells into a discounted trigger — the cost reduction stacks directly with Gale's own ability to generate free spell value.

02
Gandalf of the Secret Fire

Gandalf of the Secret Fire

41.8% of decks · synergy 0.41

Gandalf of the Secret Fire copies the first instant or sorcery you cast each turn, which already rewards playing cheap spells; Wizards of Thay shaves a mana off each of those spells, making it easier to chain two or three in a single turn and maximize Gandalf's copy trigger.

03
Zevlor, Elturel Exile

Zevlor, Elturel Exile

43.1% of decks · synergy 0.40

Zevlor, Elturel Exile wants to fork single-target instants and sorceries into multi-target haymakers, and the more spells you can afford in a turn, the more forks you get — Wizards of Thay funds that extra spell cast that Zevlor converts into a table-wide blast.

04
Katilda and Lier

Katilda and Lier

20.0% of decks · synergy 0.20

Katilda and Lier gives spells in your graveyard flashback, which means every instant and sorcery is effectively cast twice; Wizards of Thay discounts both casts, compounding the value on every spell that cycles through the yard.

05
Anhelo, the Painter

Anhelo, the Painter

20.8% of decks · synergy 0.18

Anhelo, the Painter copies the first instant or sorcery you cast each turn if you paid its casualty cost, and Wizards of Thay's cost reduction makes it easier to hit that threshold while still leaving mana open for additional spells — a small discount that adds up across a long game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Wizards of Thay lives — the discount scales with the volume of instants and sorceries a deck runs, and 100-card spell-slinger builds regularly cast four or five per game loop, making every pip of savings matter. In Legacy and Vintage, a four-mana 4/4 with no immediate board impact is simply too slow; those formats want the same effect for one or two mana, and cheaper alternatives exist. Oathbreaker gives it a narrower home in spell-heavy 60-card builds, though the smaller card pool limits how often the discount truly compounds. Outside Commander, treat Wizards of Thay as a casual-only piece.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

174 decks
WorldfireWizards of Thay

WorldfireWizards of Thay

Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Mass Land Denial

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Price Context

Current price

$2.16 cheap tier

At $2.16, Wizards of Thay sits in the comfortable cheap tier — easy to slot in without budget concern, and the price reflects solid demand from Commander players rather than competitive scarcity. It's a stable pickup: broad enough to see steady play across multiple spell-slinger archetypes, niche enough that it's unlikely to spike without a breakout commander pushing it.

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