Reckless Scholar — Draw with a Price
Reckless Scholar is a compact engine for card selection that fits into any blue deck that values incremental advantage. Reckless Scholar gives you a repeatable looting effect on a creature body, letting you sculpt your hand while presenting an early threat as a 2/1 Human Wizard. In practice the Scholar accelerates card quality more than card quantity and pairs well with sacrifice synergies and graveyard interactions.
The printed ability reads exactly as on the card and resolves cleanly in tight lines of play. Use Reckless Scholar to dig for answers, fuel flashback or retrace plays, or set up a combo; the draw then discard sequence also offers clean information denial when targeted at an opponent. If you build around tempo or value in blue, this Uncommon from Foundations Jumpstart is a pragmatic inclusion. Add one to your deck and test the lines of play.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{U}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Human Wizard
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – {T}: Target player draws a card, then discards a card.
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Power / Toughness – 2/1
