Filigree Sages
Filigree Sages: Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard, Shards of Alara. 2U: Untap target artifact. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara (ALA)
- Released
- 2008-10-03
- Collector number
- 44
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Commander rank
- 13,273 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Filigree Sages
Filigree Sages is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue artifact creature from Shards of Alara (ALA), an expansion set released in October 2008. It is collector number 44 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Shards of Alara is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.48 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
{2}{U}: Untap target artifact.
"We of the Sanctum Arcanum have pondered every word on every page of the Filigree Texts. If you can't say the same, don't bother speaking."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.48 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Filigree Sages by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Filigree Sages.
- The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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