Savvy Trader: Graveyard Contracts and Cost Cuts
Savvy Trader is a straightforward green tool for graveyard driven decks. For a modest five mana investment you get a 3/3 body and a triggered ability that exiles a permanent card from your graveyard so you can use it again. The second ability offers a steady economy boost by making spells you cast from outside your hand one colorless cheaper. That interaction plays well with reanimation engines, flicker loops, and any pile that relies on nonhand resources.
In practice Savvy Trader shifts lines of play without demanding complex setup. Bring back a land to fix colors or recover an artifact that closes a board state and then lean on the casting discount to stretch your mana. The card fits comfortably in Commander shells that want repeatable value and smoother turns. The extended art gives the card a table ready look while the printed text is clear and unambiguous for rules conversations at the table.
Card Details:
Mana Cost – {3}{G}
Card Type – Creature
Subtypes – Human Citizen
Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Savvy Trader enters the battlefield, exile target permanent card from your graveyard. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {1} less to cast.
Power / Toughness – 3/3
