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Preordain
Sorcery
common
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.)
Semantic Tags
A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
Cares about or manipulates the top card(s) of your library. Includes scry, surveil, and top-deck payoffs.
Cares about or manipulates the top of library — Sensei's Top, miracles, Future Sight.
Format Legality
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Printings (24)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagicFest 2026#7 | rare | · | · | · |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive#21 | rare | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#2301 | rare | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#99675 | common | · | · | · |
| Store Championships#39 | rare | · | · | · |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander#161 | common | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#1719 | rare | · | · | · |
| Mystery Booster 2#35 | common | · | · | · |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander#107 | common | · | · | · |
| Doctor Who#809 | common | · | · | · |
| Doctor Who#218 | common | · | · | · |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander#196 | common | · | · | · |
| Jumpstart 2022#63 | common | · | · | · |
| The Brothers' War Commander#92 | common | · | · | · |
| New Capenna Commander#230 | common | · | · | · |
| The List#CMR-84 | common | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#186 | rare | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#86092 | common | · | · | · |
| Commander Legends#640 | common | · | · | · |
| Commander Legends#84 | common | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
Related Rules
A Shard token is a colorless Shard enchantment token with “{2}, Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.”
A Sorcerer Role token is a colorless Aura Role enchantment token named Sorcerer with enchant creature and “Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ‘Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.’”
Scry
To “scry N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library in any order and the rest on top of your library in any order.
If a player is instructed to scry 0, no scry event occurs. Abilities that trigger whenever a player scries won’t trigger.
If multiple players scry at once, each of those players looks at the top cards of their library at the same time. Those players decide in APNAP order (see rule 101.4) where to put those cards, then those cards move at the same time.