First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2570, 2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #886, 2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1022, 2022
Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #54, 2021

Solve the Equation

Sorcery

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

In the last 30 days 3.1% of Commander decks played it (191 of 6150). Most played in Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero. In the last 30 days 2.5% of Duel Commander decks played it (2 of 80). Most played in UR (unclassified).

Staple

Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#432)
Blue, Sorceries, Tutors
Duel Commander staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#478)
Blue, Sorceries, Tutors

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

1 combo from Commander Spellbook.

Win the game: Approach of the Second Sun + Solve the Equation

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not 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 Legal
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

Commander Other periods →

In 191 of 6150 decks (3.1%).

Share of decks

3.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

191

191 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

36%

46 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero	5.7%	2%
Vivi Ornitier	2.2%	30%
Ral, Monsoon Mage	1.9%	78%
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh	1.4%	1%
Kefka, Court Mage	1.0%	2%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist	0.6%	3%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	0.6%	12%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.3%	5%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	99%	1.0
Lotus Petal	96%	1.0
Mystic Remora	96%	1.4
Fierce Guardianship	95%	1.5
Mystical Tutor	95%	2.4
Chrome Mox	94%	1.0
Mox Amber	92%	1.4
Mana Vault	91%	1.1
Gemstone Caverns	91%	1.0
Mental Misstep	90%	1.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Ral, Monsoon Mage Aidan M Stanley in Commander Invitational Qualifier - East Coast Gaming	4-1 80%
Vivi Ornitier Justin C. in cEDH Event	4-1 80%
Ral, Monsoon Mage blakey623 in Land, Go: Sunshine Showdown $10k+ cEDH	4-1 80%
Geist of Saint Thalia Brayden Robbins in Mario's Birthday Madness	3-2 60%
Ral, Monsoon Mage Peter Cepynsky in Paragon Gaming October 24th CEDH $3K	3-2 60%
Ral, Monsoon Mage Jared Simonsen in The Family Jewelz: Underground Sea - Monthly CEDH	3-2 60%
Stella Lee, Wild Card Brandon Gilliam [STORMSCALE] in CEDH Monthly Dual Land Tournament - October	3-2 60%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Xxpxs in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Fblthp, Impossibly Lost Wesley Bolten, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 0-4
Ral, Monsoon Mage James Lei, 25 Oct	1 main	#27 0-0
Vivi Ornitier Asher Hookham, 25 Oct	1 main	#16 0-2
Geist of Saint Thalia Brayden Robbins, 25 Oct	1 main	#3 3-2
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero jonathan vick, 25 Oct	1 main	#11 1-1
Ral, Monsoon Mage Kurt Noreika, 25 Oct	1 main	#22 1-2
Krark, the Thumbless + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces Nyles Schneider, 25 Oct	1 main	#26 1-3
Council of Reeds Dustin Williams [Stack Theory], 25 Oct	1 main	#29 0-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 80 decks (2.5%).

Share of decks

2.5%

▼ 4.9 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	2.5%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR Fuz65, 21 Oct	1 main	5-0
UR Fuz65, 11 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage.