
Venser, Shaper Savant
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
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.
"To the void with you!"
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Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 106
Showing the 50 most played of 106.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Riptide Laboratory
- Naban, Dean of Iteration
- Archaeomancer
- Panharmonicon
- Ghostly Flicker
- Peregrine Drake
- Aether Channeler
- Deadeye Navigator
- Displace
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- Dour Port-Mage
- Displacer Kitten
- Essence Flux
- Starfield Vocalist
- Evacuation
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Blur
- Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
- Step Through
- Crystal Shard
- Snapcaster Mage
- Virtue of Knowledge
- Candlekeep Sage
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
- Snap
- Naru Meha, Master Wizard
- Conjurer's Closet
- Planar Incision
- Spellseeker
- Mulldrifter
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Archmage of Echoes
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Ponder
- Illusionist's Stratagem
- Tishana's Tidebinder
- Urza's Incubator
- Fact or Fiction
- Merchant Scroll
- Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Capsize
- Cryptic Command
- Familiar's Ruse
- Brainstorm
- Cloudstone Curio
- Kefnet's Monument
- Vedalken Aethermage
- Vendilion Clique
- Sapphire Medallion
- Equilibrium
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Island
- Sol Ring
- Sapphire Medallion
- Counterspell
- Riptide Laboratory
- Arcane Signet
- Archaeomancer
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Ghostly Flicker
- Naban, Dean of Iteration
- Brainstorm
- Panharmonicon
- Reliquary Tower
- Peregrine Drake
- High Tide
- Thought Vessel
- Aether Channeler
- Displacer Kitten
- Deadeye Navigator
- Ponder
- Displace
- Snap
- Cyclonic Rift
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- Dour Port-Mage
- Essence Flux
- Evacuation
- Arcane Denial
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Aetherize
- Pongify
- Starfield Vocalist
- Rhystic Study
- Preordain
- Snapcaster Mage
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Blur
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Negate
- Mana Drain
- Step Through
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Frantic Search
- Mystic Remora
- Mystical Tutor
- Swan Song
- Rapid Hybridization
- Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
- Propaganda
Format legality
Rulings
- 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 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 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 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.