
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.
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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.