Scholar of the Lost Trove
- Mana cost
- {5}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Sphinx
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- Jumpstart #496 (rare)
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Scholar of the Lost Trove has 2 printings, first in Jumpstart (2020). EDHREC ranks it #9,496 among Commander cards. It appears most in Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign decks (1,893 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Scholar of the Lost Trove most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign: 1,893 decks
- The Ur-Sphinx: 1,554 decks
- Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign: 1,304 decks
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang: 1,129 decks
- Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator: 274 decks
- Azor, the Lawbringer: 29 decks
- Eligeth, Crossroads Augur: 4 decks
- Pelia, Immortal Innovator: 4 decks
Often played with Scholar of the Lost Trove
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : If you wish to cast the target card, you must cast it while the triggered ability is resolving. You can’t cast it later in the turn.
- : If you cast an artifact spell this way, it won’t be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard this turn.
- : If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.