---
name: "Aethermage's Touch"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "C13"
set_name: "Commander 2013"
collector_number: "176"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "15692698-ef57-4672-bf76-5fe4a00c693a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aethermages-touch-c13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aethermage's Touch
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It gains "At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand." Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [In the Presence of Ages](/printing/in-the-presence-of-ages-lci.md) — Instant
2. [Sage of Epityr](/printing/sage-of-epityr-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Azorius Aethermage](/printing/azorius-aethermage-dis.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Relentless Pursuit](/printing/relentless-pursuit-j22.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gate to the Aether](/printing/gate-to-the-aether-mrd.md) — Artifact
6. [Crystal Seer](/printing/crystal-seer-gpt.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2013 (C13) #176
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 31 across all historical editions

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