Scholar of the Ages
Creature — Human Wizard3/3$0.09
When this creature enters, return up to two target instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.
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Combos 316
Scholar of the Ages + Burnt Offering + Persist
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven {B}. Cast Persist by paying its mana cost, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Scholar of the Ages enters, it triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Persist from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Culling the Weak + Persist
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}. Cast Persist by paying its mana cost, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Scholar of the Ages enters, it triggers, returning Culling the Weak and Persist from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Shallow Grave + Culling the Weak
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}. Cast Shallow Grave by paying its mana cost, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Scholar of the Ages enters, it triggers, returning Culling the Weak and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Burnt Offering + Shallow Grave
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Infinite untap of lands you control
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control up to five lands that can tap to produce at least {2}{U}.
Steps
Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Scholar of the Ages and Peregrine Drake. When Scholar of the Ages and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger. Resolve the Scholar of the Ages trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker and up to one instant or sorcery to your hand from your graveyard. Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Saw in Half + Burnt Offering
- Infinite red mana
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand along with up to two other instants and/or sorceries. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding {B}{B} plus an additional amount of {B} and/or {R} equal to its mana value minus 2. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Sacrifice + Persist
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven {B}. Cast Persist by paying its mana cost, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Scholar of the Ages enters, it triggers, returning Sacrifice and Persist from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Saw in Half + Culling the Weak
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite magecraft triggers
- Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control an additional creature.
Steps
Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing another creature, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Culling the Weak from your graveyard to your hand, as well as up to two additional instants or sorceries. Repeat.
Scholar of the Ages + Saw in Half + Sacrifice
- Infinite black mana
- Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. The two Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, returning Sacrifice, if applicable, and Saw in Half from your graveyard to your hand. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding seven {B}. Repeat. You may also return up to two other instants and/or sorceries using the Scholar of the Ages tokens if they can be cast using black mana to get infinite casts of those instants and/or sorceries.
Scholar of the Ages + Saw in Half + Cabal Ritual
- Infinite creature tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least seven cards in your graveyard.
Steps
Cast Cabal Ritual by paying {1}{B}, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter, they each trigger, returning Cabal Ritual and Saw in Half from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Naban, Dean of IterationScholar of the Ages is a Wizard, which Naban, Dean of Iteration can use.
- Kaza, Roil ChaserScholar of the Ages is a Wizard, which Kaza, Roil Chaser can use.
- Yarok, the DesecratedYarok, the Desecrated copies your triggered abilities, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Mister FantasticMister Fantastic copies your triggered abilities, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Thassa, Deep-DwellingThassa, Deep-Dwelling blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Brago, King EternalBrago, King Eternal blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Y'shtola RhulY'shtola Rhul blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Kykar, Zephyr AwakenerKykar, Zephyr Awakener blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Abuelo, Ancestral EchoAbuelo, Ancestral Echo blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Oji, the Exquisite BladeOji, the Exquisite Blade blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Scholar of the Ages can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.