Wu Spy
Creature — Human Soldier Rogue
When this creature enters, look at the top two cards of target player's library. Put one of them into their graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $18.88
- EDHREC rank
- #29007
Wu Spy lets you look at the top two cards of target player's library and put one on the bottom — a one-time piece of information denial that costs two mana for a 1/1 body. The effect is too shallow for competitive tables and the body too fragile to matter; Wu Spy is a collector's curiosity, not a functional include.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wu Spy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 1/1 that peeks at two cards once is nowhere near the density of disruption a 100-card singleton deck demands. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient library manipulation, and neither format has any reason to register Wu Spy over essentially any other option. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic — the effect is too minor and the body too irrelevant to justify a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the appeal is top-of-library manipulation, Seer's Lantern and Lifecrafter's Bestiary offer repeatable scry on a budget. Wu Spy's effect — a single look at an opponent's top two — doesn't have a clean functional equivalent because very few cards are designed around opponent library peeking, but Gitaxian Probe gives you a full hand look for one life in formats where it's legal.
Price Context
Current price
$18.88 mid tier
At $18.88, Wu Spy sits in mid-tier pricing entirely on the strength of its Portal Three Kingdoms pedigree, not its gameplay value. That price reflects collector demand and scarcity, not Commander utility — don't buy this to play it.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.