Scholar of the Ages
Creature — Human Wizard · 
Scholar of the Ages is part of 386 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward and Ghostly Flicker.
Scholar of the Ages
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, return up to two target instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- Mana value
- 7
- Power/Toughness
- 3/3
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Scholar of the Ages in its 100 most popular combos.
Roles in combos
Scholar of the Ages can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
What Scholar of the Ages provides to the combos it is part of.
- Creature with ETB: "Return card from GY to hand"
Combos with Scholar of the Ages
386 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Burnt Offering
Persist
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Culling the Weak
Persist
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Shallow Grave
Culling the Weak
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Burnt Offering
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Ghostly Flicker
Peregrine Drake
Scholar of the Ages
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite blinking
Infinite landfall triggers
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Infinite untap of lands you control
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Sacrifice
Persist
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Saw in Half
Burnt Offering
Scholar of the Ages
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite red mana
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite black mana
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Saw in Half
Culling the Weak
Scholar of the Ages
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
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
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Saw in Half
Sacrifice
Scholar of the Ages
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Sacrifice
Shallow Grave
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
High Tide
Scholar of the Ages
Ghostly Flicker
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite blinking of artifacts, creatures, and lands
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite storm count
Infinite landfall triggers
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Displace
Scholar of the Ages
Peregrine Drake
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite blinking
Infinite landfall triggers
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Infinite untap of lands you control
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Corpse Dance
Culling the Weak
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Burnt Offering
Corpse Dance
Scholar of the Ages
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite red mana
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Corpse Dance
Sacrifice
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Illusionist's Stratagem
Peregrine Drake
Scholar of the Ages
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite blinking
Near-infinite landfall triggers
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite untap of lands you control
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Burnt Offering
Victimize
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Exhume
Culling the Weak
Results in combo:
Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield
Infinite black mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Victimize
Culling the Weak
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Sacrifice
Victimize
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
