Thought Scour
The Zeta Set 273 • common
- Set
- The Zeta Set
- Collector number
- 273
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- MSCHF
What it does
Target player mills two cards.
Draw a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thought Scour was first introduced in the Dark Ascension expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2012, designed by the Wizards of the Coast team to provide blue decks with a versatile, low-cost utility spell. Mechanically, the card allows players to draw a card while simultaneously putting two cards from the top of their library into their graveyard, a combination that has made it a staple in formats that reward graveyard interaction, such as Modern and Pauper.
The card’s illustration by Johann Bodin captures a moment of psychic intrusion, depicting a mage undergoing a forceful mental extraction. This visual interpretation aligns with the card’s identity as a 'cantrip'—a term used by players for cheap spells that replace themselves in hand—and reflects the broader aesthetic of the Innistrad block, which emphasized gothic horror themes and the chilling mechanics of madness and loss.
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