First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)

All 3 prints

Secrets of Strixhaven Promos (PSOS) #120p, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #120, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #294, 2026

Improvisation Capstone

Sorcery — Lesson

Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater. You may cast any number of spells from among them without paying their mana costs.
Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)

MTGO price: 0.16 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.8% of Standard decks played it (12 of 1419). Most played in UR (unclassified). In the last 30 days 4.7% of Pioneer decks played it (19 of 408). Most played in UR (unclassified).

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Improvisation Capstone in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft	62.9%	+7.5	+9.2	8399

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

Staple

Pioneer staples: sideboard, 6% of decks (#42)
Red, Sorceries

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
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

Standard Other periods →

In 12 of 1419 decks (0.8%).

Share of decks

0.8%

▼ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

9 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.1

in the main deck

Win rate

45%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	9.8%	3%
BRG (unclassified)	8.5%	2%
Azorius Control	5.1%	3%
URG (unclassified)	1.1%	7%
WUR (unclassified)	1.1%	7%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.9%	8%
RG (unclassified)	0.5%	14%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Tablet of Discovery	78%	15.5
Riverpyre Verge	67%	4.9
Stormcarved Coast	56%	7.0
Burst Lightning	56%	3.3
Steam Vents	56%	3.1
Multiversal Passage	56%	1.8
Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea	44%	157.7
Ugin, Eye of the Storms	44%	45.0
Mistrise Village	44%	8.6
Stock Up	44%	4.7

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Azorius Control ruin000 in Standard Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Azorius Control ruin000 in Standard Challenge 16	2-3 40%
UR PinoIo_Cosmico in Standard Challenge 16	2-3 40%
UR PinoIo_Cosmico in Standard Challenge 16	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BRG Arena ranked player, 26 Oct	3 main
UR Robin Petersen-Rockney, 24 Oct	4 main	#124
Azorius Control ruin000, 22 Oct	1 side	#25 2-3
Azorius Control ruin000, 15 Oct	1 side	#14 4-2
UR PinoIo_Cosmico, 14 Oct	1 main	#16 2-3
BRG Arena ranked player, 12 Oct	1 main
UR Corrado, 11 Oct	2 main	5-0
URG Arena ranked player, 5 Oct	1 side

Pioneer Other periods →

In 19 of 408 decks (4.7%).

Share of decks

4.7%

▼ 2.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

0 main, 19 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

54%

6 top 8 (challenges only)