First printed in Mirrodin (2003)

All 14 prints

Star Trek Commander (TRC) #444, 2026
Foundations Commander (FDC) #81, 2026
Special Guests (SPG) #85, 2025
Special Guests (SPG) #95, 2025
Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #374, 2024
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #242, 2023
The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #99, 2022
Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) #99, 2022
The List (PLST) #MM2-64, 2019
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #64, 2015
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) #71, 2010
World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #ap54, 2004
World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #mb54, 2004
Mirrodin (MRD) #54, 2003

Thoughtcast

Sorcery

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.

In the last 30 days 0.2% of Modern decks played it (4 of 2236). Most played in Affinity. In the last 30 days 0.6% of Legacy decks played it (6 of 1071). Most played in Affinity.

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Thoughtcast in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Aetherdrift (DFT), Premier Draft	49.4%	-5.5	-4.5	1004

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

Pauper staples: main deck, 9% of decks (#47)
Blue, Sorceries, Card draw

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not 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 Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not 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

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

71%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Affinity	5.8%	3%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Claws of Gix	100%	21.4
Weapons Manufacturing	100%	21.4
Shivan Reef	100%	21.2
Welding Jar	100%	18.9
Pinnacle Emissary	100%	17.6
Kappa Cannoneer	100%	17.4
Engineered Explosives	100%	17.4
Emry, Lurker of the Loch	100%	16.6
Shadowspear	100%	16.4
Skateboard	100%	15.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Affinity Sebastian0722 in Modern Challenge 16	8-1 89%
Affinity Sebastian0722 in Modern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Affinity DJK3V1N in Modern Challenge 64	4-3 57%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Affinity rossjsg, 17 Oct	1 main	5-0
Affinity DJK3V1N, 15 Oct	1 main	#25 4-3
Affinity Sebastian0722, 6 Oct	1 main	#1 8-1
Affinity Sebastian0722, 29 Sep	1 main	#14 4-2

Legacy Other periods →

In 6 of 1071 decks (0.6%).

Share of decks

0.6%

▼ 0.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

6 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.3

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Affinity	1.4%	33%
URG (unclassified)	1.0%	9%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Emry, Lurker of the Loch	100%	25.5
Seat of the Synod	100%	25.5
Urza's Bauble	100%	19.8
Mox Opal	100%	8.5
Mishra's Bauble	100%	5.8
Urza's Saga	100%	5.5
Lotus Petal	100%	2.7
Kappa Cannoneer	83%	37.2
Pinnacle Emissary	83%	25.5
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	83%	12.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Affinity 2plus2isfive in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
Affinity Razdan08 in Legacy Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Affinity Kihara_Works in Legacy Challenge 16	2-3 40%
Affinity choutin in Legacy Challenge 32	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Affinity 2plus2isfive, 25 Oct	4 main	#15 7-2
URG Patrick Olds, 24 Oct	4 main	#27 0-2
Affinity Razdan08, 11 Oct	4 main	#8 3-3
Affinity Kihara_Works, 11 Oct	4 main	#20 2-3
Affinity Bagus Kurnia, 4 Oct	3 main	#7 3-1
Affinity choutin, 29 Sep	1 main	#28 2-3

Pauper Other periods →

In 186 of 1908 decks (9.7%).

Share of decks

9.7%

▲ 0.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

186

186 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

54%

32 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Affinity	9.4%	100%
Jund Wildfire	2.3%	2%
UB (unclassified)	0.7%	8%
UBR (unclassified)	0.3%	17%
WU (unclassified)	0.3%	20%
WUR (unclassified)	0.3%	40%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Seat of the Synod	99%	8.7
Refurbished Familiar	97%	6.8
Mistvault Bridge	97%	9.1
Vault of Whispers	97%	6.4
Utrom Monitor	84%	10.3
Blood Fountain	82%	7.0
Myr Enforcer	81%	10.2
Nihil Spellbomb	70%	4.6
Reckoner's Bargain	64%	8.9
Cryogen Relic	51%	8.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Affinity LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Pauper Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Affinity Malpyrocky in Pauper Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Affinity seasonofmists in Pauper Challenge 16	7-1 88%
Affinity Daniel Kreuscher in From The Vault: Pauper 10 $1K	6-1 86%
Affinity WAZO in Rebound Samedi	5-1 83%
Affinity Varo in Pauper Challenge 16	5-1 83%
Affinity Fernando Coutinho in Rebound Samedi	4-1 80%
Affinity LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Pauper Challenge 32	7-2 78%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Affinity LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 28 Oct	4 main	#8 4-3
Affinity Savior0117, 28 Oct	4 main	#32 2-2
Affinity Erostratus, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
Affinity Malpyrocky, 27 Oct	4 main	#23 1-3
Affinity LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 27 Oct	4 main	#29 0-2
Affinity LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 26 Oct	4 main	#1 7-2
Affinity seasonofmists, 26 Oct	4 main	#6 5-2
Affinity lethargicarcher, 26 Oct	4 main	#20 3-3

Commander Other periods →

In 7 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

7 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Vraska, Soul of Stone	0.5%	6%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.3%	10%
Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar	0.0%	100%
Mishra, Eminent One	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Stormcarved Coast	86%	117.1
Sulfur Falls	86%	73.2
Shivan Reef	86%	18.1
Exotic Orchard	86%	2.3
Arcane Signet	86%	1.4
Niv-Mizzet, Parun	71%	54.9
Stock Up	71%	44.8
Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar	57%	878.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mishra, Eminent One Wan Khairul Asyraf in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Dani Barrio [TMPL], 24 Oct	1 main	#5 1-3
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Xavier Herrero Barbero, 24 Oct	1 main	#19 0-3
Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar Joan dalmau, 5 Oct	1 main	#2 1-1
Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar Sho Sato, 5 Oct	1 main	#11 0-2
Mishra, Eminent One Wan Khairul Asyraf, 3 Oct	1 main	#76 0-5
Vraska, Soul of Stone Stefano Antonio De Rinaldis, 1 Oct	1 main	#7 0-0
Vraska, Soul of Stone Giulio Antonaci, 1 Oct	1 main	#19 0-1

No recent decks in: Vintage, Duel Commander.