Printings
Sorcerous Spyglass
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Foundations (FDN)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 679
Oracle Text
As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 19, 2021
Sorcerous Spyglass affects cards regardless of what zone they're in. This includes cards in hand, cards in the graveyard, and exiled cards.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
You can't choose the name of a token unless that token has the same name as a card.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
You can choose any card name, even if that card doesn't normally have an activated ability. You're not limited to the names of cards you saw in the opponent's hand.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the last ability of Sorcerous Spyglass.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.