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Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #14 · Rare · Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{U}
Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.
"Every Planeswalker remembers the first time their mind touched the staggering vastness of the Multiverse."
—Kasmina
Illustrated by Kristina Collantes · Released April 23, 2021
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.33 USD · €0.33 EUR
- Foil: $0.45 USD · €0.70 EUR
- Etched: $0.52 USD
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.04 USD (13.8%) to $0.33 USD; low $0.29 USD, high $0.34 USD.
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Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2017-03-14 · wotc — The target player can discard either one land card or two cards which may or may not be lands. The player can discard one land and one other card or two land cards if they choose.
Played in these commander decks
- Shiko and Narset, Unified · in 43% of 44 decks