Focus the Mind
Tarkir: Dragonstorm 45 • common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Collector number
- 45
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Fariba Khamseh
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
This spell costs 2 generic mana less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn.
Draw three cards, then discard a card.
Asham discovered it was impossible to learn if he thought he already knew everything.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Focus the Mind is a blue instant card featured in the 2017 Magic: The Gathering set 'Archenemy: Nicol Bolas'. The set was designed as a standalone expansion to the Archenemy format, which pits a single powerful player against a team of opponents. This particular card was created to provide utility within the 'Nicol Bolas' deck, emphasizing the color identity of blue by allowing players to draw cards and manipulate the flow of the game.
The card features artwork by Clint Cearley, who has contributed numerous illustrations to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. Cearley’s design for the card focuses on the intellectual and cerebral nature of blue magic, utilizing a visual language that suggests heightened perception and clarity. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, flavor-appropriate tool for the Archenemy format, helping to define the strategic archetype of the set’s titular antagonist.
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