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Foreshadow

Instant1 generic manaBlue mana

A guessing game stapled to a guaranteed cantrip. The base function is automatic: it draws you a card on the next upkeep no matter what, so two mana never buys nothing. The naming clause is the gamble layered on top. Call a card, mill the top of the opponent's library, and if you nailed it you draw immediately as well, turning a delayed cantrip into a two-for-one. The honest reading is that this bonus is a long shot by default. Even against a deck whose contents you know cold, a single milled card off an unmanipulated library means a four-of still hits only around six percent of the time. The payoff is real only when you control the top of their deck or have seen it: a bounce-back effect like Memory Lapse that parks a known card on top, a fetch or scry effect you forced, a top-card reveal. Without that setup, the naming clause is a lottery ticket and the card collapses back to its guaranteed half, which is why it stays playable rather than dead. It is an early experiment in mill-as-engine rather than mill-as-clock, a grinder that uses milling not to deck anyone out but to reach across the table and convert a known top card into an extra draw. The single milled card was never a threat to anyone's library; the point was always the read, and the narrow window where you can guarantee it.

Foreshadow (vis)
VIS · #33uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose a card name, then target opponent mills a card. If a card with the chosen name was milled this way, you draw a card. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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