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Scholar of Combustion

Creature — Human Wizard3 generic manaRed mana

The exile-and-recast clause is the whole point, and the wrinkle is in the timing it grants. Rather than replaying a card the turn it enters, the recast window stretches through the end of your next turn, which quietly turns a body-plus-value creature into a piece of sorcery-speed flexibility you get to hold. Flash back a burn spell now or wait and cast it as removal on the opponent's swing; retrieve a sweeper and sit on it until the board actually demands it. This is the same structural work Snapcaster Mage does at a lower rate and instant speed, but Snapcaster caps you at the turn it arrives, while this leaves the timing open. The trade is a 3/2 that folds to nearly any removal and offers no way to protect the recast: exile the card first, and if the creature dies the spell still waits for you, but you have paid four mana for a body that does nothing further. It is a graveyard-recursion engine built for a red spellslinger shell that wants a second copy of its best instant or sorcery on a stick, with the recast delayed rather than immediate so the value survives a bad draw step.

Scholar of Combustion (j25)
J25 · #19common
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Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. You may cast that card until the end of your next turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
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
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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