Tenured Concocter

Secrets of Strixhaven #163

Type: Creature — Troll Druid

Mana cost: {4}{G}

Card text: Vigilance Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. Infusion — This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you gained life this turn.

P/T: 4/5

Rarity: common

Artist: Lie Setiawan

""Potential can be augmented. Imagination cannot.""

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.08 USD · $0.11 USD (Foil) · €0.02 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✓ Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Tenured Concocter in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Efflorescence

Instant

Efflorescence gains additional benefits if you gained life, and Tenured Concocter gets +2/+0 when you've gained life, creating a powerful Infusion synergy.

Follow the Lumarets

Sorcery

Follow the Lumarets gets upgraded if you gained life, and Tenured Concocter becomes a 4/4 vigilance when Infusion is active, both rewarding lifegain strategies.

Shopkeeper's Bane

Creature — Badger Pest

Shopkeeper's Bane gains 2 life when it attacks, reliably enabling Infusion for Tenured Concocter's +2/+0 boost and triggering its draw ability.

uncommon

Thornfist Striker

Creature — Elf Druid

Both cards have Infusion abilities that trigger when you gain life, creating a cohesive lifegain-matters strategy that pumps your whole team.

rare

Comforting Counsel

Enchantment

Comforting Counsel rewards repeated lifegain with growth counters and eventually gives +3/+3 to all creatures, while Tenured Concocter's draw ability helps find more lifegain sources.

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