Arcanist's Owl

Arcanist's Owl: Artifact Creature - Bird, Neon Dynasty Commander. Flying. When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {W/U}{W/U}{W/U}{W/U}
Mana value: 4
Type: Artifact Creature - Bird
Colour identity: White and blue (WU)
Power / toughness: 3/3
Rarity: Uncommon
Set: Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC)
Released: 2022-02-18
Collector number: 135
Artist: Véronique Meignaud
Commander rank: 16,452 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords: Flying

Build around this card with Grover

About Arcanist's Owl

Arcanist's Owl is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and blue artifact creature from Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC), a Commander product released in February 2022. It is collector number 135 in that set, with art by Véronique Meignaud. It costs {W/U}{W/U}{W/U}{W/U} to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to Neon Dynasty Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flying

When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact or enchantment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Arcanist's Owl by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Pioneer	Legal
Modern	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Vintage	Legal
Commander	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Brawl	Legal
Historic	Legal
Timeless	Legal
Gladiator	Legal

Other printings of Arcanist's Owl

Arcanist's Owl has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #206	Uncommon	2019

Similar cards

Other artifact creature cards with a white and blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Arcanist's Owl is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Buckle Up (NEC), led by Kotori, Pilot Prodigy