Divide by Zero
Strixhaven: School of Mages 41 • uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Liiga Smilshkalne
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Return target spell or permanent with mana value 1 or greater to its owner's hand.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
"Misery. Inadequacy. Failure. The common denominator is you."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Divide by Zero was introduced in the 2021 Magic: The Gathering expansion Strixhaven: School of Mages, a set centered on a magical university setting where students specialize in various schools of arcane study. Designed as an uncommon instant, the card reflects the whimsical and chaotic nature of the school's math-themed college, Quandrix. It mechanically allows a player to counter a spell and return a permanent to its owner's hand, embodying the flavor of solving a magical problem by unraveling its logic.
The artwork was commissioned from Liiga Smilshkalne, who utilized a clean, academic aesthetic to emphasize the juxtaposition of high-stakes spellcasting with formal mathematical inquiry. By depicting the disruption of a spell as an error in a cosmic equation, the illustration grounds the high-fantasy mechanics in the scholastic theme of the set. Upon release, the card became a staple in various constructed formats due to its versatility, eventually necessitating balancing interventions in competitive play.
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About Divide by Zero
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