---
name: "Cephalid Sage"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Octopus"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "EMA"
set_name: "Eternal Masters"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Keith Garletts"
oracle_id: "29182a24-3bdb-4fd0-8a1d-a196340c0858"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cephalid-sage-ema"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cephalid Sage
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Octopus
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature has "When this creature enters, draw three cards, then discard two cards."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grizzly Fate](/printing/grizzly-fate-vma.md) — Sorcery
2. [Infected Vermin](/printing/infected-vermin-ody.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Excavating Anurid](/printing/excavating-anurid-j21.md) — Creature — Frog Beast
4. [Shoreline Looter](/printing/shoreline-looter-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Rogue
5. [Stone-Tongue Basilisk](/printing/stone-tongue-basilisk-prm.md) — Creature — Basilisk
6. [Kirtar's Wrath](/printing/kirtars-wrath-c13.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eternal Masters (EMA) #41
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Keith Garletts
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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