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Historian of Zhalfir

Creature — Human Wizard2 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

A conditional card-advantage engine that keys off a proper noun, which is the whole wrinkle worth studying. Most attack-triggered draw builds around a keyword or a creature type; this one asks whether you control any of a specific planeswalker family, turning the deckbuilding question from "what's my curve" into "how many Teferis am I running." That gate is the price of the effect: a 3/3 for four with no evasion is a fair body, and the card only becomes an engine once a Teferi is already resolved, so it rewards a shell already committed to the mono-name rather than splashing him as a payoff. The design plays with the loosening tribal-supertype space, where a card cares not about a subtype (Wizard, its own type) but about a named legendary lineage across sets, letting a single slot appreciate as more Teferi printings accumulate around it. Timing sharpens the fit: because the trigger checks on attack rather than on cast or upkeep, it stacks with the ways Teferi planeswalkers already manipulate turns and untap steps, so an attacker that also refuels sits naturally beside a walker that protects itself and controls the board. It is a role-player built for one archetype and honest about it: no Teferi, no draw, and the body alone is not the reason you registered it.

Historian of Zhalfir (m21)
M21 · #325uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.07
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature attacks, if you control a Teferi planeswalker, draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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