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.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — 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 #52 of *Masters Edition II*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2008 Masters Edition II 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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