---
name: "Oji, the Exquisite Blade"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Monk"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "246"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Andreas Zafiratos"
oracle_id: "7c4c556c-b5e3-493a-a7b0-38c55b7809ac"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/oji-the-exquisite-blade-hbg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Oji, the Exquisite Blade
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Monk
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
When Oji enters, you gain 2 life and scry 2.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, exile up to one target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ojutai Exemplars](/printing/ojutai-exemplars-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Monk
2. [Poised Practitioner](/printing/poised-practitioner-tdm.md) — Creature — Human Monk
3. [Student of Ojutai](/printing/student-of-ojutai-ima.md) — Creature — Human Monk
4. [Distinguished Conjurer](/printing/distinguished-conjurer-mh3.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Ojutai's Command](/printing/ojutais-command-dtk.md) — Instant
6. [Charming Prince](/printing/charming-prince-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Noble

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #246
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Andreas Zafiratos
- **Total Printings:** 4 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: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-06-10)* If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
- *(2022-06-10)* When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled. Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.