Once Upon a Time
Mystery Booster 2 71 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 71
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
- Market price
- $0.51
What it does
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerBanned
- ModernBanned
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Once Upon a Time was originally released as part of the Throne of Eldraine expansion in 2019, drawing inspiration from classic European folklore and fairy tales. The card was designed as a zero-mana utility spell, intended to provide consistency to creature-based decks by allowing players to search their libraries for lands or threats during their opening turns. Its mechanics proved highly efficient, quickly becoming a staple in competitive formats and eventually necessitating bans in several of them due to its overwhelming influence on gameplay pacing.
This specific iteration appears in the Mystery Booster 2 set, which serves as a curated retrospective of Magic: The Gathering's history. The illustration features the distinct, whimsical aesthetic associated with the Eldraine plane, emphasizing the card's theme of destiny and early-game setup. Within the context of the Mystery Booster series, the inclusion of Once Upon a Time functions as a nod to its controversial yet iconic status, offering collectors a chance to acquire a card that fundamentally altered the landscape of the game upon its debut.
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