---
name: "Ominous Traveler"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Draft from a spellbook"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "52c768a0-0ac6-48df-95f5-1b6e5308caa4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ominous-traveler-ymid"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ominous Traveler
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Draft from a spellbook

## Oracle Text
When Ominous Traveler enters the battlefield, draft a card from Ominous Traveler's spellbook. That card perpetually gains "You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast this spell" and "When you cast this spell, return a creature named Ominous Traveler you control to its owner's hand."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tireless Angler](/printing/tireless-angler-ymid.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Boseiju Pathlighter](/printing/boseiju-pathlighter-yneo.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [The Charitable Drafter](/printing/the-charitable-drafter-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Cursebound Witch](/printing/cursebound-witch-ymid.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
5. [The Mystical Archive](/printing/the-mystical-archive-ysos.md) — Land
6. [Futurist Spellthief](/printing/futurist-spellthief-yneo.md) — Creature — Moonfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #62
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk

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