MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #397

Unexpected Results

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#397·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Mike Bierek

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,710 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Sorcery

Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield and return Unexpected Results to its owner's hand.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2013-01-24wotc

If you reveal a nonland card, you may cast it during the resolution of Unexpected Results. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card’s type. Other timing restrictions, such as “Cast [this card] only during combat,” must be followed.

2013-01-24wotc

If you can’t cast the card (perhaps because there are no legal targets), or if you choose not to, the card will remain on top of the library.

2013-01-24wotc

If you reveal a land card and put that card onto the battlefield, Unexpected Results will be put into its owner’s hand directly from the stack. It won’t be put into any graveyard.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #397 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity green/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{G}{U} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,710 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mike Bierek. Rarix catalogs 458 other cards credited to this artist.