Preordain
Commander Legends 84 • common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Collector number
- 84
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Market price
- $0.78
What it does
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Preordain was originally released in the 2010 set Magic 2011 as a common card designed to provide efficient deck manipulation for blue mages. It functions by allowing a player to look at the top two cards of their library and place them back in any order, followed by drawing a card. This simple yet powerful effect made it a staple in various formats, particularly those where library filtering is essential for maintaining consistent gameplay.
The Commander Legends printing, featuring artwork by Anna Steinbauer, was released in 2020 to bring the card into the popular multiplayer Commander format. Steinbauer's illustration leans into the ethereal, scholarly aesthetic of blue magic, emphasizing the act of foresight and intellectual control. The inclusion of this card in the set was well-received by players, as it provided a budget-friendly and widely accessible way to optimize deck performance in a high-variance format.
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