Sorcerous Spyglass
Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #248p · Rare · Artifact
Mana cost: {2}
As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Illustrated by Kieran Yanner · Released September 29, 2017
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.49 USD · €0.03 EUR
- Foil: $2.20 USD · €0.02 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.01 USD (2.1%) to $0.49 USD; low $0.48 USD, high $0.49 USD.
Printings
- Foundations #679 (FDN) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.09 USD
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #261 (LCI) · Uncommon · 2023 · $0.21 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #693 (SLD) · Rare · 2021 · $2.74 USD foil
- Time Spiral Remastered #401 (TSR) · Special · 2021 · $0.28 USD
- Throne of Eldraine #233 (ELD) · Rare · 2019 · $0.25 USD
- Throne of Eldraine #384 (ELD) · Rare · 2019 · $0.20 USD
- Throne of Eldraine Promos #233p (PELD) · Rare · 2019 · $0.33 USD
- Throne of Eldraine Promos #233s (PELD) · Rare · 2019 · $1.19 USD foil
- Ixalan Promos #248p (this printing) · Rare · 2017 · $0.49 USD
- Ixalan Promos #248s (PXLN) · Rare · 2017 · $0.45 USD foil
- Ixalan #248 (XLN) · Rare · 2017 · $0.28 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Banned
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — Sorcerous Spyglass affects cards regardless of what zone they're in. This includes cards in hand, cards in the graveyard, and exiled cards.
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — You can't choose the name of a token unless that token has the same name as a card.
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — You can choose any card name, even if that card doesn't normally have an activated ability. You're not limited to the names of cards you saw in the opponent's hand.
- 2021-03-19 · wotc — Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the last ability of Sorcerous Spyglass.