Accumulated Knowledge

Instant, 1U (2)

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Accumulated Knowledge in all graveyards.

"I have seen and heard much here. There are secrets within secrets. Let me show you." - Takara, to Eladamri

Illus. Randy Gallegos

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/4/2004: The count does not include the card that is currently resolving. The card does not go to the graveyard until after it is done resolving.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

8/12 F04

Printings:
#51 (Randy Gallegos)

Editions:
Friday Night Magic (Special)
Nemesis (Common)

Languages:
Gesammeltes Wissen
Connaissance accumulée
Conoscenza Accumulata
Conocimiento acumulado
Conhecimento Acumulado


all prints in all languages

Arcane Denial

Instant, 1U (2)

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Illus. Richard Kane Ferguson

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 9/16/2007: The controller of the countered spell doesn't choose how many cards to draw until the relevant ability resolves. The player may draw 0, 1, or 2 cards. He or she chooses the number before drawing any cards.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Argent Mutation

Instant, 2U (3)

Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"My world is corrupted beyond cleansing. I must prevent this from happening to other worlds."
—Karn

Illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 6/1/2011: You can target an artifact with Argent Mutation. When it resolves, you'll simply draw a card.
• 6/1/2011: If the permanent is an illegal target when Argent Mutation tries to resolve, it will be countered and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw a card.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Aura Finesse

Instant, U (1)

Attach target Aura you control to target creature.

Draw a card.

"Although armor and auras can be similar, the brains required to use them are worlds apart."
—Zilan, Makindi auramancer

Illus. Howard Lyon

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 6/15/2010: You may target any Aura you control, and you may target any creature (including one you don't control). Whether the Aura could legally enchant the creature is irrelevant as you're choosing the targets.
• 6/15/2010: If you target an Aura that's attached to a creature, you may also target the creature it's attached to. Aura Finesse won't cause the Aura to move, but you'll still draw a card when it resolves.
• 6/15/2010: As Aura Finesse resolves, if the targeted Aura can't legally enchant the targeted creature (for example, because the Aura is red and the creature has protection from red, or because the Aura has "enchant creature you control" and an opponent controls the creature), the spell resolves but the Aura doesn't move. You still draw a card.
• 6/15/2010: As Aura Finesse resolves, if either target is illegal, the spell resolves but the Aura doesn't move. You still draw a card. If both targets are illegal, Aura Finesse is countered and you don't draw a card.
• 6/15/2010: You still control the Aura, even if you attach it to a creature you don't control.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Azorius Charm

Instant, WU (2)

Choose one — Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn; or draw a card; or put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

"The rules of logic and order have already made the choice for you."
—Isperia

Illus. Zoltan Boros

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2012: Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Backslide

Instant, 1U (2)

Turn target creature with morph face down.

Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Some things are better left unknown.

Illus. Pete Venters

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Bewilder

Instant, 2U (3)

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Teferi snapped his fingers, and the viashino started clucking like a chicken. Silly, yes, but exactly the thing we needed to break the stifling tension."
—Jhoira, master artificer

Illus. Ralph Horsley

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Blue Sun's Zenith

Instant, XUUU (3)

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

"The Origin Query will wait. We must ensure we survive to return to it."
—Pelyus, vedalken ordinar

Illus. Izzy

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 6/1/2011: If this spell is countered, none of its effects occur. In particular, it will go to the graveyard rather than to its owner's library.
• 6/1/2011: You follow the instructions in order. You won't be able to draw the same Blue Sun's Zenith that you cast.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Bone to Ash

Instant, 2UU (4)

Counter target creature spell.

Draw a card.

"I can think of worse ways to go. On second thought, maybe not."
—Ludevic, necro-alchemist

Illus. Clint Cearley

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 1/22/2011: If the creature spell is an illegal target (because it's left the stack, for example) when Bone to Ash tries to resolve, Bone to Ash will be countered and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw a card.
• 1/22/2011: A creature spell that can't be countered by spells and abilities is a legal target for Bone to Ash. The creature spell won't be countered when Bone to Ash resolves, but you'll still draw a card.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Brainstorm

Instant, U (1)

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

The mizzium-sphere array drove her mind deep into the thought field, where only the rarest motes of genius may be plucked.

Illus. Willian Murai

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/4/2004: This is all one effect. You draw 3 and return 2 cards all in one resolution. Nothing may happen between the two. If something triggers on drawing cards, it will go on the stack after Brainstorm finishes resolving.

• Restricted in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Call to Heel

Instant, 1U (2)

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller draws a card.

On Bant, a sigil is both a prize of honor and a bond of duty. The one who bears it may be called to fulfill that charge at any moment.

Illus. Randy Gallegos

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: The player who draws a card is the player who controls the creature when Call to Heel resolves. This may not be the player whose hand the creature is put into.
• 10/1/2008: If the targeted creature becomes an illegal target before Call to Heel resolves, Call to Heel is countered. No one draws a card.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Careful Consideration

Instant, 2UU (4)

Target player draws four cards, then discards three cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead that player draws four cards, then discards two cards.

"Sages who take the time to verify their sources are rewarded for their diligence."
—Jhoira, to Teferi

Illus. Janine Johnston

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Catalog

Instant, 2U (3)

Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Though those who study are as many as the hairs on an ox, those who succeed are as rare as unicorns' horns.
—Chinese proverb

Illus. Berry

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Cerebral Vortex

Instant, 1UR (3)

Target player draws two cards, then Cerebral Vortex deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards he or she has drawn this turn.

Izzet brains and Izzet boilers: contents under pressure.

Illus. Jeremy Jarvis

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Cerulean Wisps

Instant, U (1)

Target creature becomes blue until end of turn. Untap that creature.

Draw a card.

"If you see ghostly lights by the river, eat three twigs of marshroot to ward off kelpies."
—Kithkin superstition

Illus. Jim Nelson

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 5/1/2008: An effect that changes a permanent's colors overwrites all its old colors unless it specifically says "in addition to its other colors." For example, after Cerulean Wisps resolves, the affected creature will just be blue. It doesn't matter what colors it used to be (even if, for example, it used to be blue and black).
• 5/1/2008: Changing a permanent's color won't change its text. If you turn Wilt-Leaf Liege blue, it will still affect green creatures and white creatures.
• 5/1/2008: Colorless is not a color.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Choking Tethers

Instant, 3U (4)

Tap up to four target creatures.

Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Choking Tethers, you may tap target creature.

Illus. Carl Critchlow

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.
• 10/1/2008: When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.
• 10/1/2008: The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability is countered (with Stifle, for example, or if all its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve and you'll draw a card.
• 10/1/2008: You can cycle this card even if there are no targets for the triggered ability. That's because the cycling ability itself has no targets.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Clairvoyance

Instant, U (1)

Look at target player's hand.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"As we followed the ice wall, we had the distinct feeling of being watched. Many of the party wanted to turn back."
—Disa the Restless, journal entry

Illus. Ken Meyer, Jr.

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Commander

Complicate

Instant, 2U (3)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Complicate, you may counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Illus. Scott M. Fischer

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.
• 10/1/2008: When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.
• 10/1/2008: The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability is countered (with Stifle, for example, or if all its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve and you'll draw a card.
• 10/1/2008: You can cycle this card even if there are no targets for the triggered ability. That's because the cycling ability itself has no targets.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Confound

Instant, 1U (2)

Counter target spell that targets one or more creatures.

Draw a card.

"Did I know Szat would betray us?" Urza asked quizzically. "I was counting on it."

Illus. Doug Chaffee

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/4/2004: Confound is countered on resolution if the targeted spell has been countered or does not still target one or more permanents that are still creatures and are still on the battlefield. Confound is different from other such spells in that it actually specifies that the spell must target a creature, not just be able to target a creature or that the spell has a certain number of targets.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Constricting Tendrils

Instant, U (1)

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Priests of Bant protect their temples with traps more elaborate than any mosaic floor.

Illus. David Palumbo

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern