Sorcerous Spyglass
Foundations 679 • uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 679
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sorcerous Spyglass was introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card pool in the Ixalan expansion, designed as a utility artifact intended to provide players with a strategic window into their opponent's hand. Its function—allowing the player to name a card and prevent its activated abilities—was crafted to serve as a specialized tool for disrupting combos and neutralizing planeswalkers, reflecting the set's themes of exploration, discovery, and uncovering hidden dangers in a prehistoric, island-themed landscape.
The Foundations version of the card, bearing collector number 679, continues the legacy of this design in a set curated to provide a stable, accessible foundation for long-term play. The aesthetic of the card remains consistent with its original high-fantasy, investigative motif, featuring art that highlights the spyglass as an arcane instrument of foresight. It is widely recognized in the competitive community as a staple sideboard choice, valued for its mechanical efficiency and its clear, focused role in sideboard strategy rather than as a primary win condition.
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