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First printed in Mirrodin (2003)

All 14 prints

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  • Star Trek Commander (TRC) #444, 2026
  • Foundations Commander (FDC) #81, 2026
  • Special Guests (SPG) #85, 2025
  • Special Guests (SPG) #95, 2025
  • Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #374, 2024
  • March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #242, 2023
  • The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #99, 2022
  • Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) #99, 2022
  • The List (PLST) #MM2-64, 2019
  • Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #64, 2015
  • Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) #71, 2010
  • World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #ap54, 2004
  • World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #mb54, 2004
  • Mirrodin (MRD) #54, 2003

Thoughtcast

Sorcery

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 1 generic less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Illustrated by
Greg Hildebrandt

Legality

Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 0.21 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Pauper In 14 of 216 decks (6.5%), most in Esper Affinity

Staple: main deck, 8% of decks (#52) (last 120 days)

Share of decks
6.0%
▼ 3.9 vs previous 7 days
10 Aug: 5.7% 17 Aug: 3.1% 24 Aug: 5.9% 31 Aug: 6.3% 7 Sep: 8.1% 14 Sep: 5.8% 21 Sep: 13.2% 28 Sep: 9.9% 5 Oct: 10.3% 12 Oct: 8.7% 19 Oct: 9.9% 26 Oct: 6.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
14
14 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
4.0
in the main deck
Win rate
51%
4 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug5.7%
17 Aug3.1%
24 Aug5.9%
31 Aug6.3%
7 Sep8.1%
14 Sep5.8%
21 Sep13.2%
28 Sep9.9%
5 Oct10.3%
12 Oct8.7%
19 Oct9.9%
26 Oct6.0%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Esper Affinity 2.3% 100%
Grixis Affinity 2.3% 100%
Esper Affinity (aggro) 0.9% 100%
Dimir Ninja Affinity 0.5% 100%
WUBR Affinity 0.5% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Seat of the Synod100%16.8
Refurbished Familiar100%11.8
Vault of Whispers100%10.7
Mistvault Bridge93%16.8
Blood Fountain86%13.4
Myr Enforcer79%16.8
Nihil Spellbomb79%8.0
Reckoner's Bargain64%15.1
Black Mage's Rod64%13.7
Utrom Monitor57%16.8
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Esper Affinity (aggro)
oskiyaa in Pauper Challenge 16		 4-3
57%
Esper Affinity
NickNorman in Pauper Challenge 32		 4-3
57%
Grixis Affinity
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Pauper Challenge 32		 4-3
57%
Grixis Affinity
Antarctica in Pauper Challenge 16		 3-3
50%
Grixis Affinity
Joseph7647 in Pauper Challenge 32		 3-3
50%
Grixis Affinity
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Pauper Challenge 32		 2-4
33%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Esper Affinity (aggro)
oskiyaa, 		4 main #2
of 25
4-3
Grixis Affinity
Antarctica, 		4 main #8
of 25
3-3
Esper Affinity
ffijalkowski, 		4 main 5-0
Esper Affinity
Erostratus, 		4 main 5-0
Esper Affinity
Erostratus, 		4 main 5-0
Grixis Affinity
Joseph7647, 		4 main #27
of 53
3-3
Grixis Affinity
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 		4 main #32
of 53
2-4
Esper Affinity
NickNorman, 		4 main #4
of 51
4-3

Modern In 1 of 319 decks (0.3%), most in Affinity
Share of decks
0.3%
▼ 0.1 vs previous 7 days
10 Aug: 0.3% 17 Aug: 0.5% 24 Aug: 0.6% 31 Aug: 0.8% 7 Sep: 0.3% 14 Sep: 0.5% 21 Sep: 0.3% 28 Sep: 0.1% 5 Oct: 0.1% 12 Oct: 0.6% 19 Oct: 0.3% 26 Oct: 0.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
33%
0 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug0.3%
17 Aug0.5%
24 Aug0.6%
31 Aug0.8%
7 Sep0.3%
14 Sep0.5%
21 Sep0.3%
28 Sep0.1%
5 Oct0.1%
12 Oct0.6%
19 Oct0.3%
26 Oct0.3%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Affinity 7.5% 4%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Affinity
AmadeusPro in Modern Challenge 32		 2-4
33%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Affinity
AmadeusPro, 		1 main #31
of 51
2-4

Legacy No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Vintage No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Commander No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Duel Commander No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Aetherdrift (DFT), Premier Draft 49.4% -5.5 -4.5 1004
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen