Card
Venser, Shaper Savant
Mana cost {2}{U}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard 2/2
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Venser enters, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.
Part of 112 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 6 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FUT · #46
- Cheapest printing
- €0.47
- EDHREC salt
- 0.40
- Color identity
- Blue
- Keywords
- Flash
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Intruder Alarm, Approach of the Second Sun
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Intruder Alarm, Approach of the Second Sun
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Intruder Alarm
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Intruder Alarm, Approach of the Second Sun (early with Intruder Alarm)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
112 known combos, 2 of them two-card.
- Peregrine Drake + Panharmonicon + Venser, Shaper Savant
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
View on Commander Spellbook - Peregrine Drake + Venser, Shaper Savant + Starfield Vocalist
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Peregrine Drake + Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions + Venser, Shaper Savant
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It can't be recast. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If Venser's triggered ability targets a spell cast with flashback, that spell will be exiled instead of returning to its owner's hand. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works even against a spell that can't be countered. - 2017-03-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If Venser's triggered ability targets a spell cast with flashback, that spell will be exiled instead of returning to its owner's hand. - 2017-03-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It can't be recast. - 2017-03-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can't be countered.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast