Careful Study
The List ODY-70 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- ODY-70
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Market price
- $2.67
What it does
Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Careful Study was originally released in the 2001 Odyssey expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed during an era where the developers were experimenting heavily with graveyard-centric mechanics, the card was created to provide blue decks with a low-cost method for cycling through cards while enabling synergy with cards that benefitted from being discarded, such as Flashback spells.
The original illustration for the card was created by artist Eric Peterson. His work captures the inquisitive, academic tone of the Odyssey setting, focusing on a scholar deep in research. Upon release, the card quickly became a staple in competitive formats like Legacy, valued for its efficiency in facilitating deck strategy rather than its raw power, earning it a reputation as a quintessential utility card in blue-based combo archetypes.
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