Deep Analysis
Torment 36 • common
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 36
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Market price
- $0.68
What it does
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—1 generic mana blue mana, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
"The specimen seems to be broken."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Deep Analysis was first printed in the 2002 Magic: The Gathering set Torment, a thematic expansion centered on the plane of Otaria. The card was designed as a blue sorcery that allowed players to draw two cards for a mana cost supplemented by the set's signature mechanic, Flashback. By allowing players to cast the spell from their graveyard, it provided a strategic resource that mitigated the common vulnerability of depleting one's hand during intense gameplay.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Greg Staples, who captured a somber, ethereal aesthetic consistent with the gothic and dark tone of the Torment expansion. Staples' depiction of a scholar or mystic contemplating ancient scrolls resonated with the card's function, grounding the abstract act of card selection in a narrative context. Over time, the card became a staple in various formats, recognized for its efficiency and role in graveyard-reliant deck archetypes.
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