First printed in Tempest (1997)

All 10 prints

Tempest Remastered (TPR) #220, 2015 (digital)
Vintage Masters (VMA) #267, 2014 (digital)
World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #js281, 1999
World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #kb281, 1999
World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #ml281, 1999
World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #mlp281, 1999
Oversized League Prizes (OLEP) #79, 1999
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #bh281sb, 1998
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #br281, 1998
Tempest (TMP) #281, 1997

Cursed Scroll

Artifact

3 generic , tap : Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, this artifact deals 2 damage to any target.

In the last 30 days 15.9% of Premodern decks played it (94 of 590). Most played in Mono-Black Control.

Staple

Premodern staples: main deck, 13% of decks (#32); sideboard, 4% of decks (#55)
Colorless, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

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

Premodern Other periods →

In 94 of 590 decks (15.9%).

Share of decks

15.9%

▲ 5.5 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

91 main, 29 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.2

in the main deck

Win rate

49%

19 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Black Control	8.1%	79%
Sligh	7.8%	70%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	1.9%	55%
White Weenie	1.2%	71%
BRG (unclassified)	1.0%	17%
WB (unclassified)	0.8%	20%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.7%	75%
Mono-White (unclassified)	0.7%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Mishra's Factory	58%	2.6
Wasteland	58%	1.8
Duress	49%	2.2
Hypnotic Specter	46%	5.0
Diabolic Edict	46%	4.1
Smother	46%	2.6
Cabal Therapy	46%	2.2
Withered Wretch	45%	4.2
Dark Ritual	44%	4.2
Graveborn Muse	43%	3.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Black Control fazparte in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Kizaru_ in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Control TheGenz in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Control Grantfly in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Control fazparte in Premodern Challenge 16	5-2 71%
Mono-Black Control littledarwin in Premodern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Tireless Tribe Umodian in Premodern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Mono-Black Control Boin in Premodern Challenge 16	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Black Control Corran62, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
Sligh Portad, 27 Oct	3 main	#16 2-3
Mono-Black Control fazparte, 27 Oct	2 main 1 side	#19 2-3
White Weenie fluxusfrequency, 27 Oct	3 main	#20 2-3
Mono-Black Control littledarwin, 27 Oct	2 main	#21 1-3
Tireless Tribe Umodian, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Sligh HaciendaSomosTodos, 26 Oct	3 main	5-0
Mono-White prodnor, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.