---
name: "Cephalid Sage"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Octopus"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Keith Garletts"
oracle_id: "29182a24-3bdb-4fd0-8a1d-a196340c0858"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cephalid-sage-tor"
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. [Cephalid Inkmage](/printing/cephalid-inkmage-fdn.md) — Creature — Octopus Wizard
2. [Cephalid Coliseum](/printing/cephalid-coliseum-tdc.md) — Land
3. [Battlefield Scrounger](/printing/battlefield-scrounger-dmr.md) — Creature — Centaur
4. [Kiora, the Rising Tide](/printing/kiora-the-rising-tide-pfdn.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
5. [Tidecaller Mentor](/printing/tidecaller-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Wizard
6. [Excavating Anurid](/printing/excavating-anurid-j21.md) — Creature — Frog Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #29
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **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`