Cruel Tutor
The List POR-87 • rare
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- POR-87
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $51.52
What it does
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cruel Tutor was originally released in the 1999 Portal Three Kingdoms set, which was designed to introduce the Magic: The Gathering card game to the Asian market by focusing on themes from the historical Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The card features art by Jerry Tiritilli, who utilized the set's signature painterly style to depict a mystical advisor, fitting the card's function as a powerful deck-manipulation spell that allows a player to search for any card.
The version from 'The List' is a contemporary reprint included as part of Wizards of the Coast's ongoing initiative to make older, rare, or mechanically unique cards accessible to modern players. Inclusion in The List allows these cards to appear in set boosters, maintaining the original art and design integrity while allowing newer collectors to integrate classic gameplay elements into modern deck-building formats.
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