Scholar of the Lost Trove

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Scholar of the Lost Trove: Creature - Sphinx, Jumpstart. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{U}{U}
Mana value
7
Type
Creature - Sphinx
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Jumpstart (JMP)
Released
2020-07-17
Collector number
14
Artist
Volkan Baǵa
Commander rank
10,241 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Scholar of the Lost Trove

Scholar of the Lost Trove is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Jumpstart (JMP), a draft-focused set released in July 2020. It is collector number 14 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {5}{U}{U} (five generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Historic. Jumpstart is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (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 Scholar of the Lost Trove by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricBanned
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Scholar of the Lost Trove

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Jumpstart (JMP) #496Rare2020

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Scholar of the Lost Trove, newest first.

  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If you wish to cast the target card, you must cast it while the triggered ability is resolving. You can’t cast it later in the turn.
  • If you cast an artifact spell this way, it won’t be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard this turn.
  • If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

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