Impulse
Game Night: Free-for-All 30 • common
- Set
- Game Night: Free-for-All
- Collector number
- 30
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Izzy
- Market price
- $0.15
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 reprinted as part of the 2024 Game Night: Free-for-All set, a product designed by Wizards of the Coast to serve as an accessible entry point for multiplayer Magic: The Gathering. The card itself originates from the Invasion set released in 2000, where it was originally illustrated by Greg Staples. The design intent behind Impulse was to provide blue mages with a low-cost, instant-speed card selection tool that rewards careful resource management by digging through the top four cards of a player's library.
The Game Night: Free-for-All version updates the card with the modern frame and aesthetics established in the supplementary product line. The inclusion of staples like Impulse in these preconstructed boxes is intended to introduce newer players to high-efficiency utility spells while offering a streamlined experience for casual group play. The card remains a staple across multiple formats for its reliability in finding essential pieces, maintaining its reputation as a quintessential example of blue card selection mechanics.
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