Shimmer of Possibility
Ravnica Allegiance 51 • common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Collector number
- 51
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
- Market price
- $0.10
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 a random order.
"There's something peculiar about the rain today."— Janoc, Tin Street tinker
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
Shimmer of Possibility was released in early 2019 as part of the Ravnica Allegiance expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common-rarity sorcery card, it was designed to provide card selection for blue-aligned decks, allowing players to look at the top four cards of their library and put one into their hand. The design reflects the set's focus on the guild mechanics of Ravnica, specifically serving as a utility spell intended to smooth out the consistency of gameplay during limited and constructed formats.
The artwork for this card was created by Volkan Baǵa, a prominent illustrator in the Magic: The Gathering community known for his expressive, often painterly approach to fantasy art. For this piece, Baǵa focused on the ethereal, magical nature of the spell, utilizing soft lighting and shimmering visual effects to convey the sense of seeing into potential futures. The card was well-received by players for both its functional efficiency in gameplay and its visually evocative representation of blue mana's manipulative capabilities.
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