Sage of Fables

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Sage of Fables: Creature - Merfolk Wizard, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Merfolk Wizard
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
169
Artist
Julia Metzger
Commander rank
8,112 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Sage of Fables

Sage of Fables is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 169 in that set, with art by Julia Metzger. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Morningtide (2008) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Each other Wizard creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Sage of Fables by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Sage of Fables

Sage of Fables has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Morningtide (MOR) #47Uncommon2008

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Sage of Fables, newest first.

  • The effects from more than one Sage of Fables are cumulative. That is, if you have two Sage of Fables on the battlefield, Wizard creatures you control enter with two additional +1/+1 counters on them.
  • If Sage of Fables enters at the same time as another Wizard (due to Living End, for example), that creature doesn't get a +1/+1 counter.
  • The creature gets the counter if it would enter under your control. It doesn't matter who owns the creature or what zone it enters from (such as your opponent's graveyard, for example).
  • If a Wizard would normally enter with a certain number of +1/+1 counters on it, it enters with that many +1/+1 counters plus one on it instead. If a Wizard would normally enter with no +1/+1 counters on it, it enters with one +1/+1 counter on it instead.

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