---
name: "Academy Elite"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "CNS"
set_name: "Conspiracy"
collector_number: "20"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "ba6c3c72-c014-45c6-a0b4-59eb9a65303e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/academy-elite-cns"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Academy Elite
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in all graveyards.
{2}{U}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Draw a card, then discard a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zameck Guildmage](/printing/zameck-guildmage-prm.md) — Creature — Elf Wizard
2. [Elite Instructor](/printing/elite-instructor-thb.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Sage of Fables](/printing/sage-of-fables-lcc.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Pensive Professor](/printing/pensive-professor-sos.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Vhal, Scholar of Mortality](/printing/vhal-scholar-of-mortality-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Scholar of the Ages](/printing/scholar-of-the-ages-m20.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy (CNS) #20
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`