First printed in Visions (1997)

All 14 prints

Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #287, 2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #56, 2023
Game Night: Free-for-All (GN3) #30, 2022
Dominaria United (DMU) #55, 2022
The List (PLST) #BBD-119, 2019
Battlebond (BBD) #119, 2018
Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (DDN) #63, 2014
From the Vault: Twenty (V13) #5, 2013
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #36006, 2013 (digital)
Friday Night Magic 2001 (F01) #11, 2001
Beatdown Box Set (BTD) #10, 2000
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #rb34, 1998
World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #jk34, 1997
Visions (VIS) #34, 1997

Impulse

Instant

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

In the last 30 days 0.2% of Modern decks played it (4 of 2236). Most played in Mono-Blue (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.1% of Legacy decks played it (1 of 1071). Most played in Omni-Tell.

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Impulse in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Dominaria United (DMU), Premier Draft	58.0%	+1.6	+2.9	109978
Dominaria United (DMU), Sealed	55.4%	-0.7	+0.9	2700

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

Premodern staples: main deck, 22% of decks (#7)
Blue, Instants

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH 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

Modern Other periods →

In 4 of 2236 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

4 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.5

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	1.0%	17%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast	100%	126.0
Stern Scolding	100%	113.4
Disrupting Shoal	100%	90.7
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn	100%	90.7
Lotus Bloom	100%	90.7
Whir of Invention	100%	90.7
Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins	100%	90.7
Tameshi, Reality Architect	100%	90.7
Suppression Ray // Orderly Plaza	100%	90.7
Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive	100%	90.7

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Blue Kael95 in Modern Challenge 64	5-2 71%
Mono-Blue Kael95 in Modern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Blue MikeRoss, 11 Oct	1 main
Mono-Blue Kael95, 3 Oct	1 main	#20 2-3
Mono-Blue Rumpler, 3 Oct	3 main	#30 0-3
Mono-Blue Kael95, 1 Oct	1 main	#11 5-2

Legacy Other periods →

In 1 of 1071 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.0

in the main deck

Win rate

50%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Omni-Tell	3.8%	2%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Omni-Tell Taddy_99 in Legacy Challenge 32	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Omni-Tell Taddy_99, 25 Oct	2 main	#22 3-3

Pauper Other periods →

In 5 of 1908 decks (0.3%).

Share of decks

0.3%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

5 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.4

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tron	5.5%	4%
Familiars	1.4%	4%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Unwind	100%	238.5
Ghostly Flicker	100%	34.1
Mystical Teachings	80%	218.1
Mnemonic Wall	80%	169.6
Prohibit	80%	138.8
Energy Refractor	80%	117.4
Prophetic Prism	80%	44.9
Moment's Peace	80%	43.6
Breath Weapon	80%	30.5
Weather the Storm	80%	28.8

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Tron Adrien D Varzal, 15 Oct	2 main	#15 1-1
Tron Izzy90, 15 Oct	2 main	5-0
Tron Jean-Marc Barbeau, 10 Oct	2 main	#14 3-1
Familiars Pjey, 10 Oct	4 main	#24 1-3
Tron Thomas Terschluse, 3 Oct	2 main	#23 2-2

Premodern Other periods →

In 116 of 590 decks (19.7%).

Share of decks

19.7%

▼ 2.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

116

116 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.7

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

36 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Stiflenought	11.2%	86%
WU (unclassified)	4.2%	88%
Psychatog	3.7%	95%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	1.7%	10%
Standstill	1.0%	100%
UB (unclassified)	0.8%	40%
UG (unclassified)	0.5%	67%
URG (unclassified)	0.5%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Counterspell	98%	4.5
Powder Keg	76%	4.8
Gush	73%	4.5
Foil	72%	4.5
Portent	71%	4.4
Chain of Vapor	59%	4.6
Opt	54%	4.2
Thwart	53%	5.0
Flash of Insight	53%	4.4
Daze	52%	4.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Stiflenought SpockVidaLoka in Premodern Challenge 16	8-0 100%
Stiflenought LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16	7-1 88%
Stiflenought SpockVidaLoka in Premodern Challenge 16	6-1 86%
Stiflenought Jerry Melton in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	4-1 80%
Stiflenought _Dionysos_ in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Psychatog Beicodegeia in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Stiflenought LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
WU Navas in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Stiflenought LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 27 Oct	2 main	#1 7-1
Stiflenought _Dionysos_, 27 Oct	2 main	#2 6-2
WU Ark4n, 27 Oct	2 main	#15 2-3
Psychatog Beicodegeia, 27 Oct	2 main	#26 0-2
URG JohnStasis, 26 Oct	4 main	5-0
Psychatog Furnace_Scamp, 25 Oct	4 main	5-0
Standstill Neopolis, 23 Oct	4 main	#4 4-3
Stiflenought SpockVidaLoka, 23 Oct	2 main	#6 4-2

Commander Other periods →

In 9 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

9 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

12%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Vivi Ornitier	2.2%	3%
Geist of Saint Thalia	0.2%	9%
Orvar, the All-Form	0.1%	25%
Commodore Guff	0.0%	33%
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful	0.0%	67%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Brainstorm	78%	18.3
Arcane Signet	78%	1.2
Scalding Tarn	78%	1.1
Mana Vault	78%	0.9
Mystical Tutor	67%	1.7
Otawara, Soaring City	67%	1.1
Rhystic Study	67%	1.1
Mox Amber	67%	1.0
Flooded Strand	67%	0.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Kai Powell in cEDH Shuffle Pt.3 Revenge of the Shuffle	2-3 40%
Vivi Ornitier david castillo in Take the Crown 04	1-4 20%
Vivi Ornitier spencer andrade in CCS $20,000 cEDH Invitational Qualifier #5	0-5 0%
Vivi Ornitier Raymond Summers in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	0-5 0%
Orvar, the All-Form Andrew Loke in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Kai Powell, 24 Oct	1 main	#10 2-3
Vivi Ornitier spencer andrade, 24 Oct	1 main	#71 0-5
Vivi Ornitier Raymond Summers, 24 Oct	1 main	#148 0-5
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Kai Powell, 17 Oct	1 main	#5 1-0
Geist of Saint Thalia Diego Miguel Armesto García, 17 Oct	1 main	#84 0-4
Vivi Ornitier david castillo, 11 Oct	1 main	#25 1-4
Vivi Ornitier Shane Link, 4 Oct	1 main	#15 1-3
Commodore Guff Ong Lian Yi, 3 Oct	1 main	#41 1-3

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