Venser, Shaper Savant card art

Venser, Shaper Savant

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard MV 4

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What it does

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

When Venser enters, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.

Combos with Venser, Shaper Savant

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2017-03-14

    If Venser's triggered ability targets a spell cast with flashback, that spell will be exiled instead of returning to its owner's hand.

  • 2017-03-14

    If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It can't be recast.

  • 2017-03-14

    If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can't be countered.

  • 2021-03-19

    If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It can't be recast.

  • 2021-03-19

    If Venser's triggered ability targets a spell cast with flashback, that spell will be exiled instead of returning to its owner's hand.

  • 2021-03-19

    If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works even against a spell that can't be countered.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Venser, Shaper Savant, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Xyris, the Writhing Storm 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Temur 1 deck

Venser, Shaper Savant price history

The Foundations Jumpstart #66 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly.

Non-foil today$0.44▲ $0.10 (29.4%)
Low $0.34 · High $0.46Tracked since Sep 28, 2026
Every recorded price change
DateNon-foil
Nov 11, 2026$0.44
Nov 10, 2026$0.44
Nov 7, 2026$0.38
Nov 6, 2026$0.39
Nov 5, 2026$0.40
Nov 3, 2026$0.39
Nov 2, 2026$0.37
Oct 31, 2026$0.38
Oct 30, 2026$0.40
Oct 27, 2026$0.39
Oct 26, 2026$0.40
Oct 25, 2026$0.46
Oct 22, 2026$0.44
Oct 20, 2026$0.45
Oct 18, 2026$0.44
Oct 15, 2026$0.39
Oct 12, 2026$0.40
Oct 11, 2026$0.37
Oct 9, 2026$0.39
Oct 8, 2026$0.38
Oct 7, 2026$0.37
Oct 6, 2026$0.36
Oct 4, 2026$0.35
Oct 3, 2026$0.36
Sep 28, 2026$0.34

A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.

Every version of Venser, Shaper Savant

9 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Venser, Shaper Savant. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.

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