---
name: "The Clever Magician"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Rule Zero", "Scry"]
set: "UNK"
set_name: "Unknown Event"
collector_number: "RU04a"
rarity: "rare"
artist: ""
oracle_id: "2c4af7da-ed1c-4dd9-a5e7-7a00922127d2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-clever-magician-unk"
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"
---

# The Clever Magician
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/7
- **Keywords:** Rule Zero, Scry

## Oracle Text
Rule Zero — Whenever this creature enters the battlefield, and before the game begins if this creature is your commander, you may propose a new rule that is contained to this game of Magic. If all players in the game agree to it, that rule becomes true for this game. If one or more players decline, instead you scry 2. (If this is your commander, scry after keeping your hand.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Policy Maker](/printing/the-policy-maker-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Judge
2. [Richard Garfield, Ph.D.](/printing/richard-garfield-phd-unh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Designer
3. [The Convention Enthusiast](/printing/the-convention-enthusiast-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Gamer
4. [The Game-Changing Host](/printing/the-game-changing-host-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Magus of the Future](/printing/magus-of-the-future-tsr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Whtz, the Bibliophile](/printing/whtz-the-bibliophile-mbc.md) — Legendary Creature — Homunculus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unknown Event (UNK) #RU04a
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** 

## 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`