Burning Inquiry
Magic 2010 (M10) #128 · Common · Sorcery
Mana cost: {R}
Each player draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.
Jariad burned the midnight oil, burned through scroll after scroll, and then burned down his laboratory.
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai · Released July 17, 2009
Prices
- Nonfoil: $3.75 USD · €2.70 EUR
- Foil: $18.77 USD · €6.14 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 15, 2026: up $0.33 USD (9.6%) to $3.75 USD; low $3.17 USD, high $3.77 USD.
Printings
- The List #M10-128 (PLST) · Common · 2020 · $3.48 USD
- Magic 2010 #128 (this printing) · Common · 2009 · $3.75 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — First the player whose turn it is draws three cards, then each other player in turn order does so. Then the active player randomly chooses the three cards they will discard, then each other player in turn order does so. Then all the cards are discarded at the same time.
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — Each player must discard three cards, even a player that (for some reason) didn’t actually draw three cards.
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