---
name: "Youthful Scholar"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "DTK"
set_name: "Dragons of Tarkir"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Cynthia Sheppard"
oracle_id: "070bd1e8-6c61-4b0e-b179-e375b843410f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/youthful-scholar-dtk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Youthful Scholar
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, draw two cards.

> *"Demasiado tonto y acabarás siendo un sibsig. Demasiado inteligente y acabarás siendo comida. La mediocridad es la clave para vivir una vida larga". —Mogai, noble de Sílumgar*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Exultant Cultist](/printing/exultant-cultist-sir.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Novice Occultist](/printing/novice-occultist-mid.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Merfolk Seer](/printing/merfolk-seer-mir.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Undead Augur](/printing/undead-augur-prm.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
5. [Summit Sentinel](/printing/summit-sentinel-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Soldier
6. [Promising Duskmage](/printing/promising-duskmage-stx.md) — Creature — Human Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #84
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Cynthia Sheppard
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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