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About Textbook Tabulator

Textbook Tabulator, Creature — frog wizard, designed by Josiah "Jo" Cameron first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven.

Textbook Tabulator would fit best in a blue-based spellslinger or tempo deck that casts a steady stream of increasingly expensive noncreature spells, since its Increment ability rewards you for spending more mana than its current power or toughness—making it scale naturally in slower, spell-dense builds rather than hyper-aggro shells; the surveil 2 on entry also supports graveyard synergy, card selection, and spell velocity, which pairs well with control, prowess-style, or even Izzet/Dimir midrange strategies. That said, compared to real Magic staples like Ledger Shredder (which loots and grows more reliably), Tolarian Terror (which becomes extremely mana-efficient in spell-heavy decks), or Thing in the Ice (which can singlehandedly swing the board), Textbook Tabulator is likely slower and more conditional, since it only grows when you spend more mana than its stats and doesn’t generate immediate board impact beyond surveil 2; unless its base stats are aggressively costed, it would pro