---
name: "Scrivener"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "27c37a8d-777a-400d-b096-bde195228ea8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scrivener-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scrivener
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.

> *A good memory is no match for a good scribe.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scholar of the Ages](/printing/scholar-of-the-ages-m20.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Archaeomancer](/printing/archaeomancer-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Scribe of the Mindful](/printing/scribe-of-the-mindful-akh.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Salvager of Secrets](/printing/salvager-of-secrets-m19.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Izzet Chronarch](/printing/izzet-chronarch-cmd.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Spellkeeper Weird](/printing/spellkeeper-weird-war.md) — Creature — Weird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #91
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 20 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`