Paradox Surveyor
Secrets of Strixhaven 208 • uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Collector number
- 208
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana green mana or blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · Blue
- Artist
- Elizabeth Peiró
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Reach
When this creature enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a land card or a card with X mana in its mana cost 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
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Paradox Surveyor was released in 2021 as part of the Secrets of Strixhaven expansion, a specialized subset of the Magic: The Gathering set Strixhaven: School of Mages. The card was designed as an artifact creature, fitting the academic and mystical theme of the Strixhaven university setting. Its mechanical design focuses on mana ramp and utility, reflecting the resource-heavy environment of the game's competitive formats.
The illustration is credited to artist Anastasia Ovchinnikova, who captured the card's theme of multidimensional navigation through a surreal, ethereal aesthetic. The visual design highlights the creature's role as a scholarly instrument of exploration, aligning with the set's focus on arcane research. Upon release, it was received as a functional inclusion for Commander decks, noted for its ability to smooth out mana curves in artifact-heavy strategies.
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