Shuffling a card from your hand into your library is mandatory. The effect says “if you do” because performing that action might have been impossible. If you fail to shuffle a card into your library because your hand was empty, you won’t draw any cards.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.21. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.06 and $0.24 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ALL — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #30b of *Alliances*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1996 Alliances release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #16,011 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Tom Wänerstrand. Rarix catalogs 255 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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