Borrowed Knowledge
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #178 · Uncommon · Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{R}{W}
Choose one —
• Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand.
• Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded this way.
"Professor, we study history and my neighbor wrote his answer first. I was learning from the past."
Illustrated by Inkognit · Released April 24, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.19 USD · €0.14 EUR
- Foil: $0.28 USD · €0.24 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 25, 2026: down $0.05 USD (20.8%) to $0.19 USD; low $0.19 USD, high $0.34 USD.
Printings
- Secrets of Strixhaven #178 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2026 · $0.19 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2026-03-20 · wotc — If the first mode of Borrowed Knowledge was chosen but the target is illegal when Borrowed Knowledge tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't discard your hand or draw any cards.
Played in these commander decks
- Quintorius, History Chaser · in 6% of 49 decks