Zephyr Scribe
Creature — Human Monk
, 
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, untap this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22209
Zephyr Scribe turns any spell into a free tap-and-bounce with Retraction Helix stapled to its activated ability, making it the engine piece that infinite-loops with a zero-cost artifact and a free untap. The cost is three mana for a 1/3 with no built-in protection — it does nothing without support.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Zephyr Scribe is a combo piece first and a creature second, which means it's only relevant in formats where its loop is worth assembling. In Commander it finds a real home in artifact-storm and spellslinger shells — particularly any list running free spells and untap payoffs — where its ability can chain into a kill condition. Pauper is the other format worth noting: the combo ceiling is capped by card pool, but the common restriction makes Zephyr Scribe a legitimate build-around rather than a budget substitute. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer it's simply too slow and fragile to compete with the more efficient engines available.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Zephyr Scribe is deep bulk — you're acquiring it for pennies out of a common box, not tracking it as a purchase. Bulk combo commons like this tend to stay flat unless a new synergy card pushes them into a tier-one loop, and nothing on the horizon changes that.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.