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Sage of the Inward Eye

Creature — Djinn Wizard2 generic manaBlue manaRed manaWhite mana

Jeskai's defining tension was always the same: spells-matter decks want to lean back, but a 3/4 flier wants to lean forward, and the wedge's design kept trying to reconcile the two. This djinn does it by attaching reward directly to the thing the deck already does. Every noncreature spell, the cantrips and burn and counters that fuel the engine, doubles as a one-turn lifelink trigger across the whole board. The clever part is the direction of the payoff: lifelink on attackers means a deck firing off spells before combat can swing into a profitable race rather than burning out, and lifelink on blockers means the same spell that protects the engine also stabilizes the body taking the hits. It rewards chaining cheap interaction without asking you to deviate from it. Its limits are structural, though: the trigger evaporates at end of turn and does nothing on its own; the lifelink is only as wide as your board and only as frequent as your spell density, so the card is a multiplier on a plan you already had rather than a plan unto itself. As a flier with a respectable body, it can also just close the game while the spell-triggered lifegain turns an even race lopsided, giving the spells-matter Jeskai archetype the five-mana finisher it had been circling for.

Sage of the Inward Eye (ktk)
KTK · #195rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.19
Foil: $0.59
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
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
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

3 sets
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