Mission Briefing
Instant
Mission Briefing
Instant
Card Text
Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #4,589
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (19)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) | #110 | rare | en | Matt Stewart | $0.35 | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | en | Matt Stewart | $0.29 | $1.12 |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) | #44s | rare | en | Matt Stewart | — | $1.39 |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) | #44p | rare | en | Matt Stewart | $0.53 | $1.21 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) | #110 | rare | de | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | de | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | es | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) | #110 | rare | fr | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | fr | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) | #110 | rare | it | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | it | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) | #110 | rare | ja | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | ja | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | ko | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | pt | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) | #44s | rare | ru | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | ru | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | zhs | Matt Stewart | — | — |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) | #44 | rare | zht | Matt Stewart | — | — |
Official Rulings (6)
You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
Mission Briefing is still on the stack while you choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. Your Mission Briefing can't be to give yourself that same Mission Briefing.
Mission Briefing doesn't change when you can cast the chosen card. For example, if you choose a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
The instant or sorcery card you choose may be one that you just surveilled into your graveyard.
If you cast a spell this way and that card is exiled, it's considered a new object in the zone it's put into. It won't be exiled if it's put into your graveyard later in the turn.
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