Impulse
Battlebond 119 • common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Collector number
- 119
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Izzy
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
"You call it luck. I call it preparation."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Impulse was originally printed as a common in the 1997 set Visions and was later featured as a card in the 2018 set Battlebond. This set was designed specifically for Two-Headed Giant play, emphasizing cooperative mechanics and social interaction between players. The card itself is a fundamental blue instant that allows a player to look at the top four cards of their library, put one into their hand, and place the rest on the bottom of their library, serving as a staple utility spell for deck manipulation.
The artwork for this specific version of Impulse in Battlebond was illustrated by Magali Villeneuve. Her design leans into the high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the Magic: The Gathering multiverse, focusing on the visual representation of sudden magical insight or temporal movement. Upon its release in Battlebond, the card was well-received by players for its efficient mana cost and its ability to provide consistent card selection, maintaining its status as a reliable tool in various constructed formats.
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