MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #159

Cunning Wish

mb2·#159·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jim Nelson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$1.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.21 · low $1.10

NM$1.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.08–$1.24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $13low $1.10range 1111.8%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,582 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$10

Nonfoil$1.17

Gameplay

Instant

You may reveal an instant card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand. Exile Cunning Wish.

He wished for knowledge, but not for the will to apply it.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2009-10-01wotc

In a sanctioned event, a card that's "outside the game" is one that's in your sideboard. In an unsanctioned event, you may choose any card from your collection.

2009-10-01wotc

You can't acquire exiled cards because those cards are still in one of the game's zones.

2007-09-16wotc

Can't acquire cards that are phased out.

2004-10-04wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.10 and $13.33 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MB2 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #159 of *Mystery Booster 2*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Mystery Booster 2 release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,582 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jim Nelson. Rarix catalogs 496 other cards credited to this artist.