Deep Analysis
Starter Commander Decks 46 • common
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks
- Collector number
- 46
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Market price
- $0.16
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 first appeared in the Torment expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2002, designed by Mike Elliott and others to explore the mechanics of graveyard interaction. The card was specifically crafted to allow players to pay a small mana cost to draw cards, with a flashback ability that encouraged strategic discarding or milling. Its design ethos centered on resource management, providing a reliable source of card advantage that has remained a staple in various formats for over two decades.
The version included in the Starter Commander Decks, featuring collector number 46, serves as a reprint intended to provide new and returning players with efficient utility tools. As part of the Commander format's accessibility initiative, this inclusion maintains the original card's function while offering players an entry point into the game's broader strategic depth. It is widely regarded by the community as a quintessential blue spell for control and tempo-based deck archetypes.
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