Impulse
Visions 34 • common
- Set
- Visions
- Collector number
- 34
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Bryan Talbot
- Market price
- $1.51
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.
"Controlling time ensures you need never look impulsive again."— Teferi
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 released in 1997 as part of the Visions expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed by Wizards of the Coast to provide blue-aligned decks with a low-cost card selection tool, it served as an essential engine for instant-speed gameplay. The card was intended to reward players for tactical decision-making, allowing them to look at the top four cards of their library and keep one, thereby smoothing out draw consistency in a high-variance format.
The original illustration for this version of Impulse was created by artist Heather Hudson. Hudson opted for a mystical and ethereal aesthetic, capturing the fleeting, intuitive nature of the spell’s effect through soft lighting and a focused, inquisitive figure. The card was well-received by the player base for its efficiency and elegance, becoming a staple in various constructed formats and remaining a reference point for similar blue utility spells in the years that followed.
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