First printed in Mirage (1996)

All 13 prints

Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #308, 2025
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #289, 2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #421, 2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #60, 2023
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #334, 2021
The List (PLST) #SS1-6, 2021
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #70926, 2018 (digital)
Signature Spellbook: Jace (SS1) #6, 2018
Eternal Masters (EMA) #62, 2016
From the Vault: Exiled (V09) #8, 2009
World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #tvdl83, 2000
Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #83, 1999
Mirage (MIR) #80, 1996

Mystical Tutor

Instant

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

In the last 30 days 1.8% of Vintage decks played it (8 of 438). Most played in Tinker Vault. In the last 30 days 39.1% of Commander decks played it (2403 of 6150). Most played in Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver.

Staple

Vintage staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#149)
Blue, Instants, Tutors
Commander staples: main deck, 38% of decks (#58)
Blue, Instants, Tutors

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

6 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Win the game: Approach of the Second Sun + Mystical Tutor
Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps…: Isochron Scepter + Mystical Tutor + Nexus of Fate
Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps…: Beacon of Tomorrows + Isochron Scepter + Mystical Tutor
Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps…: Mystical Tutor + Nexus of Fate + Zethi, Arcane Blademaster
Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps…: Beacon of Tomorrows + Mystical Tutor + Zethi, Arcane Blademaster
Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps…: Beacon of Tomorrows + Mystical Tutor + Spellbinder

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

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

Vintage Other periods →

In 8 of 438 decks (1.8%).

Share of decks

1.8%

▼ 1.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

8 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tinker Vault	16.4%	4%
UB (unclassified)	5.3%	9%
Breach Storm	4.6%	5%
UR (unclassified)	0.5%	50%
WUBRG (unclassified)	0.5%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Polluted Delta	100%	2.3
Ancestral Recall	100%	1.4
Time Walk	100%	1.4
Force of Will	100%	1.3
Mox Jet	100%	1.1
Mox Sapphire	100%	1.1
Black Lotus	100%	1.1
Vampiric Tutor	88%	11.0
Underground Sea	88%	2.6
Demonic Tutor	88%	2.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Breach Storm Capriccioso in Vintage Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UB Enrichetta in Vintage Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Tinker Vault musasabi in Vintage Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UB SpockVidaLoka in Vintage Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Tinker Vault Bezerra_da_Silva in Vintage Challenge 32	3-3 50%
UR Matt Kunze in From The Vault: Vintage 5	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Tinker Vault J.A.Eliso, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUBRG aniba_lekoa, 22 Oct	1 main	5-0
UB Enrichetta, 18 Oct	1 main	#15 4-2
UB SpockVidaLoka, 18 Oct	1 main	#26 3-3
UR Matt Kunze, 17 Oct	1 main	#15 2-3
Breach Storm Capriccioso, 10 Oct	1 main	#7 5-2
Tinker Vault Bezerra_da_Silva, 10 Oct	1 main	#19 3-3
Tinker Vault musasabi, 1 Oct	1 main	#11 4-2

Commander Other periods →

In 2403 of 6150 decks (39.1%).

Share of decks

39.1%

▲ 3.0 vs previous 30 days