Mystic Forge
Artifact
Mystic Forge
Artifact
Card Text
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library.
, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Colorless
- Color Identity
- Colorless
- EDHREC Rank
- #426
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (52)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #302 | rare | en | Titus Lunter | $2.26 | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #764 | rare | en | Samuel Perin | β | $3.33 |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | en | Samuel Perin | $1.12 | $4.34 |
| Fallout (PIP) | #484 | rare | en | Samuel Perin | $3.98 | $3.38 |
| Fallout (PIP) | #1012 | rare | en | Samuel Perin | β | $8.68 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #964 | rare | en | Titus Lunter | $2.05 | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | en | Titus Lunter | $5.29 | $20.11 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99z | mythic | en | Titus Lunter | β | $467.00 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | en | Titus Lunter | $2.52 | $8.18 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #246 | rare | en | Rafater | $2.16 | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #246β | rare | en | Rafater | β | $6.58 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) | #233s | rare | en | Titus Lunter | β | $5.26 |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | en | Titus Lunter | $2.08 | $3.93 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20) | #233p | rare | en | Titus Lunter | $1.56 | $3.42 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #302 | rare | de | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | de | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #964 | rare | de | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | de | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | de | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | de | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | es | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | es | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | es | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | es | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #302 | rare | fr | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | fr | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #964 | rare | fr | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | fr | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | fr | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | fr | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | it | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | it | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | it | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | it | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #302 | rare | ja | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | ja | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #484 | rare | ja | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| Commander Masters (CMM) | #964 | rare | ja | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | ja | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | ja | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | ja | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | ko | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | pt | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | pt | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | pt | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | ru | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #236 | rare | zhs | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #484 | rare | zhs | Samuel Perin | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #36 | mythic | zhs | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) | #99 | mythic | zhs | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | zhs | Titus Lunter | β | β |
| Core Set 2020 (M20) | #233 | rare | zht | Titus Lunter | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
Because you never "cast" a land card, Mystic Forge doesn't allow you to play an artifact land from the top of your library.
Mystic Forge lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restrictionβsee below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
You still pay all costs for a spell you cast from your library, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs.
If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the spells you cast from your library.
If the top card of your library has a morph ability, you can cast it face down from the top of your library, even if it's normally not a colorless card.
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