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A '''Tutor''' is a [[spell]] which [[search]]es your [[library]] for another spell.  
A '''Tutor''' is a [[spell]] which [[search]]es your [[library]] for another card.


==Description==
==Description==
'''Tutoring''' is [[primary]] in [[black]], but other colors can be better at searching for specific card types (and subtypes).
'''Tutoring''' is [[primary]] in [[black]], but other colors can be better at searching for specific card types (and subtypes).
*{{W}} [[Enchantment]]s, [[Planeswalker]], [[Equipment]], and [[Vehicle]]s
*{{W}} [[Enchantment]]s, [[Planeswalker]]s, [[Equipment]]s, and [[Vehicle]]s
*{{U}} [[Instant]]s, [[Sorcery|Sorceries]], and [[Artifact]]s
*{{U}} [[Instant]]s, [[Sorceries]], and [[Artifact]]s
*{{G}} [[Creature]]s and [[Land]]s
*{{G}} [[Creature]]s and [[Land]]s


You do not ''have'' to find the card and put it in your library. If you do choose to find cards, you must [[reveal]] those cards to all players.
You do not ''have'' to find the card and put it in your library. If you do choose to find cards, you must [[reveal]] those cards to all players if it searches for a specific card type.


[[R&D]] has stopped creating tutoring [[keywords]] like [[transmute]] and [[transfigure]].<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146486782873/are-there-any-chances-for-transfigure-making-a|title=Are there any chances for transfigure making a comeback?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=June 26, 2016}}</ref> They don’t like to do too much tutoring, as it can lead to repetition of play, where games play out too similarly. <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/156461572163/one-of-my-favorite-things-is-playing-tutor-spells|title=Could we please get more cards that search things, even very specific things?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/170441221948/with-the-downshift-of-full-tutoring-particularly|title=With the downshift of full tutoring (particularly for lands) is the primary reason because it takes so much time to shuffle? |tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=February 02, 2018}}</ref>
[[R&D]] has stopped creating tutoring [[keywords]] like [[transmute]] and [[transfigure]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146486782873/are-there-any-chances-for-transfigure-making-a|title=Are there any chances for transfigure making a comeback?|June 26, 2016}}</ref> They don't like to do too much tutoring, as it can lead to repetition of play, where games play out too similarly.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/156461572163/one-of-my-favorite-things-is-playing-tutor-spells|title=Could we please get more cards that search things, even very specific things?|January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/170441221948/with-the-downshift-of-full-tutoring-particularly|title=With the downshift of full tutoring (particularly for lands) is the primary reason because it takes so much time to shuffle? |February 02, 2018}}</ref> Lands are exempt from the repetition angle, but not the shuffling and logistics problem. However, the [[seek]] mechanic from [[Jumpstart: Historic Horizons]] is [[designed-for-digital]] and circumvents this.


A special kind of tutor are the [[wish]]es, which may search for cards outside of the [[game]].  
A special kind of tutor are the [[wish]]es, which may search for cards outside of the [[game]].  


===Search from top N cards of library===
===Search from top N cards of library===
To cut down on [[shuffling]], [[R&D]] has started to do more effects where you "tutor" just from a handful of cards from the top of your library, usually four or five. Anything else that colors can do is what they can do here.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/164418218238/is-there-a-nickname-anyone-in-rd-uses-for-the|title=Is there a nickname anyone in R&D uses for the cards with mechanics like on Commune with the Gods or Vessel of Nascency?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=August 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/168138039603/you-say-cards-that-look-at-the-top-n-cards-of-the|title= You say cards that "look at the top N cards of the library rather than tutoring" are a trend.|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=December 03, 2017}}</ref>
To cut down on [[shuffling]], [[R&D]] has started to do more effects where you "tutor" just from a handful of cards from the top of your library, usually four or five. Anything else that colors can do is what they can do here.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/164418218238/is-there-a-nickname-anyone-in-rd-uses-for-the|title=Is there a nickname anyone in R&D uses for the cards with mechanics like on Commune with the Gods or Vessel of Nascency?|August 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/168138039603/you-say-cards-that-look-at-the-top-n-cards-of-the|title= You say cards that "look at the top N cards of the library rather than tutoring" are a trend.|December 03, 2017}}</ref>
 
==Rules==
{{CR|701.17b}}


==Types==
==Types==
[[File:Enlightened tutor.jpg|right]]
[[File:Enlightened tutor.jpg|right]]
''[[Alpha]]'' had the card <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, which locked [[black]] in as the [[primary]] color to tutor for any type of card. Philosophically, blue is the better color to have this ability, but so far no changes have been made.<ref name="Color Pie 2017">{{NewRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2017-2017-06-05|Mechanical Color Pie 2017|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 5, 2017}}</ref>
===Search for any card===
 
''[[Alpha]]'' had the card <c>Demonic Tutor</c>, which locked [[black]] in as the [[primary]] color to tutor for any type of card. Philosophically, blue is the better color to have this ability, but so far no changes have been made.<ref name="Color Pie 2017">{{DailyRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2017-2017-06-05|Mechanical Color Pie 2017|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 5, 2017}}</ref>
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*<c>Ayara's Oathsworn</c>
*<c>Behold the Beyond</c>
*<c>Behold the Beyond</c>
*<c>Beseech the Mirror</c>
*<c>Bounty of the Deep</c>
*<c>Bringer of the Black Dawn</c> (allows you to Vampiric Tutor each [[upkeep]])
*<c>Bringer of the Black Dawn</c> (allows you to Vampiric Tutor each [[upkeep]])
*<c>Burning-Rune Demon</c> (Different names, one into graveyard)
*<c>Coveted Prize</c>
*<c>Cruel Tutor</c>
*<c>Cruel Tutor</c>
*<c>Dark Petition</c>
*<c>Dark Petition</c>
*<c>Demonic Bargain</c> (exile the top thirteen cards of your library first)
*<c>Demonic Collusion</c> - the only tutor with [[buyback]]
*<c>Demonic Collusion</c> - the only tutor with [[buyback]]
*<c>Demonic Tutor</c>
*<c>Demonic Tutor</c>
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*<c>Diabolic Tutor</c>
*<c>Diabolic Tutor</c>
*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<c>Dig Up</c> ([[Cleave]]d)
*<c>Entomb</c> (puts the card in your graveyard rather than your hand)
*<c>Entomb</c> (puts the card in your graveyard rather than your hand)
*<c>Gamble</c>
*<c>Fervent Mastery</c> (get three, discard three at random)
*<c>Final Parting</c> (search for two cards and one of them goes in the graveyard)
*<c>Gamble</c> (may discard the card you tutored)
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
*<c>Hoarding Broodlord</c> (exile it facedown, you may play it)
*<c>I Call Upon the Ancient Magics</c> ([[Scheme]])
*<c>Illicit Shipment</c>
*<c>Imperial Seal</c>
*<c>Imperial Seal</c>
*<c>Increasing Ambition</c>
*<c>Increasing Ambition</c>
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*<c>Insidious Dreams</c> (requires the discard of cards as an additional cost)
*<c>Insidious Dreams</c> (requires the discard of cards as an additional cost)
*<c>Intuition</c> (choose 3 cards, opponent chooses which you get - can be 3 copies of the same card)
*<c>Intuition</c> (choose 3 cards, opponent chooses which you get - can be 3 copies of the same card)
*<c>Johnny, Combo Player</c>
*<c>Johnny, Combo Player</c> (only un-card tutor)
*<c>Liliana Vess</c>
*<c>Liliana Vess</c>
*<c>Long-Term Plans</c>
*<c>Long-Term Plans</c>
*<c>Maralen of the Mornsong</c> (forces everyone to Grim Tutor every turn rather than draw)
*<c>Maralen of the Mornsong</c> (forces everyone to Grim Tutor every turn rather than draw)
*<c>Mastermind's Acquisition</c>
*<c>Mastermind's Acquisition</c>
*<c>Oriq Loremage</c> (repeatable, puts in graveyard)
*<c>Planar Portal</c>
*<c>Planar Portal</c>
*<c>Profane Tutor</c>
*<c>Razaketh's Rite</c>
*<c>Razaketh's Rite</c>
*<c>Razaketh, The Foulblooded</c>
*<c>Razaketh, The Foulblooded</c>
*<c>Rhystic Tutor</c>
*<c>Rhystic Tutor</c>
*<c>Ringsight</c> (shares a color with a legendary creature you control)
*<c>Ring of Three Wishes</c>
*<c>Ring of Three Wishes</c>
*<c>Rune-Scarred Demon</c>
*<c>Rune-Scarred Demon</c>
*<c>Tamiyo's Journal</c>
*<c>Tamiyo's Journal</c>
*<c>Unmarked Grave</c> (non-legendary, puts in graveyard)
*<c>Vampiric Tutor</c>
*<c>Vampiric Tutor</c>
*<c>Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire</c> (via [[boast]] ability)
*<c>Wishclaw Talisman</c> (repeatable, side-switching tutor artifact)
}}


====Searching for cards with specific mana costs====
====Specific mana costs====
{{See also|Transmute}}
{{See also|Transmute}}
*<c>Beseech the Queen</c> (with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of lands you control)
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*<c>Behold My Grandeur</c> ([[Scheme]] - mana value 6 or greater)
*<c>Beseech the Queen</c> (with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control)
*<c>Birthing Pod</c> (with mana value X, where X is 1 plus a sacrificed creature's mana value)
*<c>Brainspoil</c>
*<c>Brainspoil</c>
*<c>Clutch of the Undercity</c>
*<c>Clutch of the Undercity</c>
*<c>Disciple of Deceit</c> (with the same mana value as the card discarded when untapped)
*<c>Dimir House Guard</c>
*<c>Dimir House Guard</c>
*<c>Dimir Infiltrator</c>
*<c>Dimir Infiltrator</c>
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*<c>Dizzy Spell</c>
*<c>Dizzy Spell</c>
*<c>Drift of Phantasms</c>
*<c>Drift of Phantasms</c>
*<c>Eldritch Evolution</c> (with converted mana cost X or less, where X is 2 plus a sacrificed creature's converted mana cost)<ref>{{NewRef|beyond-basics/pandoras-toolbox-2016-06-30|Pandora's Toolbox|[[Gavin Verhey]]|June 30, 2016}}</ref>
*<c>Eldritch Evolution</c> (with converted mana cost X or less, where X is 2 plus a sacrificed creature's mana value)<ref>{{DailyRef|beyond-basics/pandoras-toolbox-2016-06-30|Pandora's Toolbox|[[Gavin Verhey]]|June 30, 2016}}</ref>
*<c>Ethereal Usher</c>
*<c>Ethereal Usher</c>
*<c>Grozoth</c>
*<c>Grozoth</c>
*<c>Mausoleum Secrets</c> (black card with mana value less than or equal number of creature cards in your graveyard)
*<c>Muddle the Mixture</c>
*<c>Muddle the Mixture</c>
*<c>Netherborn Phalanx</c>
*<c>Netherborn Phalanx</c>
*<c>Night Dealings</c>
*<c>Night Dealings</c>
*<c>Perplex</c>
*<c>Perplex</c>
*<c>Prime Speaker Vannifar</c> (with mana value X, where X is 1 plus a sacrificed creature's mana value)
*<c>Pyre of Heroes</c> (with mana value X, where X is 1 plus a sacrificed mana value and share a creature type)
*<c>Rushed Rebirth</c> (lesser)
*<c>Shred Memory</c>
*<c>Shred Memory</c>
*<c>Tolaria West</c>
*<c>Tolaria West</c>
*<c>Woodland Bellower</c>
}}


====Search for any colored card====
====Color====
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*<c>Conflux</c> (a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card, and a green card)
*<c>Conflux</c> (a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card, and a green card)
}}


====Search for a multicolored card====
====Multicolored====
*Demand (<c>Supply/Demand</c>)
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*<c>Demand</c>
}}


====Search for a card with the same name as a card in your hand====
===Search for artifacts===
*<c>Infernal Tutor</c> (without [[Hellbent]])
 
===Search for Artifacts===
[[Blue]] is the [[primary]] color to get any type of artifact. [[White]] tends to focus on certain subsets such as [[Equipment]] and [[Vehicle]]s.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
[[Blue]] is the [[primary]] color to get any type of artifact. [[White]] tends to focus on certain subsets such as [[Equipment]] and [[Vehicle]]s.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
 
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*<c>Arcum Dagsson</c> (searches for only noncreature artifacts)
*<c>Arcum Dagsson</c> (searches for only noncreature artifacts)
*<c>Artificer's Intuition</c> (With mana cost 1 or less)
*<c>Artificer's Intuition</c> (With mana value 1 or less)
*<c>Disciples of Gix</c>
*<c>Enlightened Tutor</c>
*<c>Enlightened Tutor</c>
*<c>Fabricate</c>
*<c>Fabricate</c>
*<c>Goblin Engineer</c> (mana value 3 or less into graveyard)
*<c>Hoarding Dragon</c>
*<c>Hoarding Dragon</c>
*<c>Kuldotha Forgemaster</c> (Requires the sacrifice of three artifacts as an additional cost)
*<c>Kuldotha Forgemaster</c> (Requires the sacrifice of three artifacts as an additional cost)
*<c>Moonsilver Key</c> (with a mana ability)
*<c>Nahiri, the Harbinger</c>
*<c>Nahiri, the Harbinger</c>
*<c>Reckless Handling</c>
*<c>Reshape</c> (Requires the sacrifice of an artifact as an additional cost)
*<c>Reshape</c> (Requires the sacrifice of an artifact as an additional cost)
*<c>Tezzeret the Seeker</c>
*<c>Tezzeret the Seeker</c>
*<c>Tinker</c> (Requires the sacrifice of an artifact as an additional cost)
*<c>Tinker</c> (Requires the sacrifice of an artifact as an additional cost)
*<c>Transmute Artifact</c> (Requires the sacrifice of an artifact but not as an additional cost)
*<c>Transmute Artifact</c> (Requires the sacrifice of an artifact but not as an additional cost)
*<c>Treasure Mage</c> (With mana cost 6 or more)
*<c>Treasure Mage</c> (With mana value 6 or more)
*<c>Trinket Mage</c> (With mana cost 1 or less)
*<c>Tribute Mage</c> (With mana value 2)
*<c>Trophy Mage</c> (With mana cost 3)
*<c>Trinket Mage</c> (With mana value 1 or less)
*<c>Trophy Mage</c> (With mana value 3)
*<c>Urza's Saga</c> (With mana value 0 or 1)
*<c>Whir of Invention</c>
}}


====Search for an artifact creature====
====[[Artifact creature]]====
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*<c>Sphinx Summoner</c>
*<c>Sphinx Summoner</c>
}}


====Search for an equipment====
====[[Equipment]]====
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*<c>Axgard Armory</c>
*<c>Deadeye Quartermaster</c>
*<c>Fighter Class</c>
*<c>Forging the Tyrite Sword</c>
*<c>Godo, Bandit Warlord</c>
*<c>Godo, Bandit Warlord</c>
*<c>Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith</c>
*<c>Open the Armory</c>
*<c>Open the Armory</c>
*<c>Quest for the Holy Relic</c>
*<c>Quest for the Holy Relic</c>
*<c>Relic Seeker</c>
*<c>Steelshaper Apprentice</c>
*<c>Steelshaper Apprentice</c>
*<c>Steelshaper's Gift</c>
*<c>Steelshaper's Gift</c>
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*<c>Stonehewer Giant</c>
*<c>Stonehewer Giant</c>
*<c>Taj-Nar Swordsmith</c>
*<c>Taj-Nar Swordsmith</c>
}}


===Search for Enchantments===
====[[Vehicle]]====
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*<c>Deadeye Quartermaster</c>
}}
 
===Search for enchantments===
[[White]] is the color that searches the library for enchantments.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
[[White]] is the color that searches the library for enchantments.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
 
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*<c>Academy Rector</c>
*<c>Academy Rector</c>
*<c>Enduring Ideal</c>
*<c>Enduring Ideal</c>
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*<c>Sterling Grove</c>
*<c>Sterling Grove</c>
*<c>Wild Research</c>
*<c>Wild Research</c>
*<c>Zur the Enchanter</c> (converted mana cost {{3}} or less)
*<c>Zur the Enchanter</c> (mana value {{3}} or less)
}}


====Search for an Aura====
====[[Aura]]====
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*<c>Auratouched Mage</c>
*<c>Auratouched Mage</c>
*<c>Axgard Armory</c>
*<c>Boonweaver Giant</c>
*<c>Boonweaver Giant</c>
*<c>Heliod's Pilgrim</c>
*<c>Heliod's Pilgrim</c>
*<c>Open the Armory</c>
*<c>Open the Armory</c>
*<c>Shrine Steward</c>
*<c>Sovereigns of Lost Alara</c>
*<c>Sovereigns of Lost Alara</c>
*<c>Tallowisp</c> (Enchant Creature Only)
*<c>Tallowisp</c> (Aura Card with Enchant Creature Only)
*<c>Three Dreams</c>
*<c>Three Dreams</c>
*<c>Totem-Guide Hartebeest</c>
*<c>Totem-Guide Hartebeest</c>
}}


====Search for a Curse====
====[[Curse]]====
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*<c>Bitterheart Witch</c>
*<c>Bitterheart Witch</c>
*<c>Curse of Misfortunes</c>
*<c>Curse of Misfortunes</c>
}}
====[[Rune]]====
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*<c>Runed Crown</c>
*<c>Runeforge Champion</c>
}}
====[[Saga]]====
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*<c>Search for Glory</c>
}}
====[[Shrine]]====
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*<c>Sanctum of All</c>
*<c>Shrine Steward</c>
}}


===Search for Planeswalkers===
===Search for planeswalkers===
Three cards have done this (outside of the [[Planeswalker deck|Planeswalker decks]]), and all of them have been [[white]].<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
White is the color that cares the most about planeswalkers, so it's the color that can tutor for them.<ref name="Pie Changes"/>
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*<c>Arena Rector</c>
*<c>Call the Gatewatch</c>
*<c>Call the Gatewatch</c>
*<c>Djeru, With Eyes Open</c>
*<c>Djeru, With Eyes Open</c>
*<c>Arena Rector</c>
*<c>Ignite the Beacon</c> (Search for two planeswalker cards)
*<c>Perhaps You've Met My Cohort</c> ([[Scheme]])
*<c>Samut, the Tested</c> (Put the planeswalker onto the battlefield)
*<c>Urza's Sylex</c>
}}


===Search for Creatures===
===Search for battles===
[[Green]] is the [[primary]] color to tutor for creatures.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/160788498703/is-there-a-conscious-effort-in-rd-to-make-green|title=Is there a conscious effort in R&D to make green the best tutor color?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=May 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Green">{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/160826794878/you-mentioned-that-green-is-the-best-creature|title=Isn't green also the best land tutoring color?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> Sometimes it will even put them directly onto the battlefield. All colors have access to tutoring for specific creature types that are in their color. Red, for example, can tutor for [[Dragons]].
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*<c>Begin the Invasion</c>
*<c>Truga Cliffcharger</c>
}}


===Search for creatures===
[[Green]] is the [[primary]] color to tutor for creatures.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/160788498703/is-there-a-conscious-effort-in-rd-to-make-green|title=Is there a conscious effort in R&D to make green the best tutor color?|May 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Green">{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/160826794878/you-mentioned-that-green-is-the-best-creature|title=Isn't green also the best land tutoring color?|May 19, 2017}}</ref> Sometimes it will even put them directly onto the battlefield. All colors have access to tutoring for specific creature types that are in their color. Red, for example, can tutor for [[Dragon]]s.
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*<c title="“Ach! Hans, Run!”">“Ach! Hans, Run!”</c>
*<c title="“Ach! Hans, Run!”">“Ach! Hans, Run!”</c>
*<c>Altar of Bone</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a creature as an additional cost)
*<c>Altar of Bone</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a creature as an additional cost)
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*<c>Congregation at Dawn</c>
*<c>Congregation at Dawn</c>
*<c>Corpse Connoisseur</c> (Put the creature into the graveyard)
*<c>Corpse Connoisseur</c> (Put the creature into the graveyard)
*<c>Ecological Appreciation</c>
*<c>Eladamri's Call</c>
*<c>Eladamri's Call</c>
*<c>Eye of Ugin</c>
*<c>Eye of Ugin</c>
*<c>Faceless Agent</c>
*<c>Fauna Shaman</c> (Requires the discard of a creature card as an additional cost)
*<c>Fauna Shaman</c> (Requires the discard of a creature card as an additional cost)
*<c>Fleshwrither</c>
*<c>Fleshwrither</c>
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*<c>Hibernation's End</c>
*<c>Hibernation's End</c>
*<c>Imperial Recruiter</c>
*<c>Imperial Recruiter</c>
*<c>Instrument of the Bards</c>
*<c>Introductions Are in Order</c> ([[Scheme]])
*<c>Invasion of Ikoria</c> (non-Human, X or less mana value)
*<c>Jarad's Orders</c>
*<c>Jarad's Orders</c>
*<c>Momir Vig, Simic Visionary</c>
*<c>Momir Vig, Simic Visionary</c>
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*<c>Ranger of Eos</c>
*<c>Ranger of Eos</c>
*<c>Recruiter of the Guard</c>
*<c>Recruiter of the Guard</c>
*<c>Rootless Yew</c>
*<c>Samut, the Tested</c> (Put the creature onto the battlefield)
*<c>Signal the Clans</c>
*<c>Signal the Clans</c>
*<c>Survival of the Fittest</c> (Requires the discard of a creature card as an additional cost)
*<c>Survival of the Fittest</c> (Requires the discard of a creature card as an additional cost)
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*<c>Weird Harvest</c>
*<c>Weird Harvest</c>
*<c>Wild Pair</c>
*<c>Wild Pair</c>
*<c>Worldly Tutor</c>
*<c>Woodland Bellower</c>
*<c>Worldly Tutor</c> (Put the creature onto the top of the library)
*<c>Yisan, the Wanderer Bard</c>
}}


====Search for a Green creature====
====Green creature====
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*<c>Green Sun's Zenith</c>
*<c>Green Sun's Zenith</c>
*<c>Magus of the Order</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a green creature as an additional cost)
*<c>Natural Order</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a green creature as an additional cost)
*<c>Natural Order</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a green creature as an additional cost)
*<c>Summoner's Pact</c>
*<c>Summoner's Pact</c>
}}
====[[Dinosaur]]====
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*<c>Forerunner of the Empire</c> ([[Dinosaur]]) (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Priest of the Wakening Sun</c> ([[Dinosaur]])
}}
====[[Doctor]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>The Eleventh Hour</c>
}}


====[[Dragon]]====
====[[Dragon]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Dragonstorm</c>
*<c>Dragonstorm</c>
*<c>Dragon's Approach</c>
*<c>Imperial Hellkite</c>
*<c>Imperial Hellkite</c>
*<c>Magda, Brazen Outlaw</c> ([[Dragon]] or [[Artifact]])
*<c>Orb of Dragonkind</c>
*<c>Sarkhan, Dragonsoul </c>
*<c>Sarkhan's Triumph</c>
*<c>Sarkhan's Triumph</c>
*<c>Scion of the Ur-Dragon</c>
*<c>Scion of the Ur-Dragon</c>
*<c>Tiamat</c>
*<c>Zirilan of the Claw</c>
*<c>Zirilan of the Claw</c>
}}


====[[Elf]]====
====[[Elf]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Elvish Harbinger</c>
*<c>Elvish Harbinger</c>
*<c>Nissa Revane</c>
*<c>Nissa Revane</c>
*<c>Skyshroud Poacher</c>
*<c>Skyshroud Poacher</c>
*<c>Wirewood Herald</c>
*<c>Wirewood Herald</c>
}}


====[[Goblin]]====
====[[Goblin]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Boggart Harbinger</c>
*<c>Boggart Harbinger</c>
*<c>Goblin Matron</c>
*<c>Goblin Matron</c>
*<c>Goblin Recruiter</c>
*<c>Goblin Recruiter</c>
*<c>Moggcatcher</c>
*<c>Moggcatcher</c>
}}


====[[Mercenary]]====
====[[Mercenary]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Bog Glider</c>
*<c>Bog Glider</c>
*<c>Cateran Brute</c>
*<c>Cateran Brute</c>
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*<c>Cateran Kidnappers</c>
*<c>Cateran Kidnappers</c>
*<c>Cateran Overlord</c>
*<c>Cateran Overlord</c>
*<c>Cateran Persuaders</c>
*<c>Cateran Persuader</c>
*<c>Cateran Slaver</c>
*<c>Cateran Slaver</c>
*<c>Cateran Summons</c>
*<c>Rathi Assassin</c>
*<c>Rathi Assassin</c>
*<c>Rathi Fiend</c>
*<c>Rathi Fiend</c>
*<c>Rathi Intimidator</c>
*<c>Rathi Intimidator</c>
}}


====[[Merfolk]]====
====[[Merfolk]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Seahunter</c>
*<c>Seahunter</c>
*<c>Merrow Harbinger</c>
*<c>Merrow Harbinger</c>
*<c>Forerunner of the Heralds</c> (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Forerunner of the Heralds</c> (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
}}


====[[Rebel]]====
====[[Rebel]]====
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*<c>Amrou Scout</c>
*<c>Amrou Scout</c>
*<c>Blightspeaker</c>
*<c>Blightspeaker</c>
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*<c>Ramosian Sergeant</c>
*<c>Ramosian Sergeant</c>
*<c>Ramosian Sky Marshal</c>
*<c>Ramosian Sky Marshal</c>
}}


====[[Sliver]]====
====[[Sliver]]====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Homing Sliver</c>
*<c>Homing Sliver</c>
*<c>Sliver Overlord</c>
*<c>Sliver Overlord</c>
}}


====Miscellaneous====
====Miscellaneous====
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*<c>Corpse Harvester</c> ([[Zombie]])
*<c>Dwarven Recruiter</c> ([[Dwarf]])
*<c>Dwarven Recruiter</c> ([[Dwarf]])
*<c>Flamekin Harbinger</c> ([[Elemental]])
*<c>Flamekin Harbinger</c> ([[Elemental]])
*<c>Faerie Harbinger</c> ([[Faerie]])
*<c>Faerie Harbinger</c> ([[Faerie]])
*<c>Forerunner of the Coalition</c> ([[Pirate]]) (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Forerunner of the Coalition</c> ([[Pirate]]) (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Forerunner of the Empire</c> ([[Dinosaur]]) (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Forerunner of the Legion</c> ([[Vampire]]) (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Forerunner of the Legion</c> ([[Vampire]]) (puts the searched card on top of its owner's library)
*<c>Giant Harbinger</c> ([[Giant]])
*<c>Giant Harbinger</c> ([[Giant]])
*<c>Kithkin Harbinger</c> ([[Kithkin]])
*<c>Kithkin Harbinger</c> ([[Kithkin]])
*<c>Myr Kinsmith</c> ([[Myr]])
*<c>Myr Turbine</c> ([[Myr]])
*<c>Myr Turbine</c> ([[Myr]])
*<c>Higure, the Still Wind</c> ([[Ninja]])
*<c>Higure, the Still Wind</c> ([[Ninja]])
*<c>Lifespinner</c> ([[Legendary]] [[Spirit]])
*<c>Lifespinner</c> ([[Legendary]] [[Spirit]])
*<c>Ratcatcher</c> ([[Rat]])
*<c>Ratcatcher</c> ([[Rat]])
*<c>Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree</c> ([[Praetor]]s)
*<c>Search for Glory</c> ([[Snow]])
*<c>Blood Speaker</c> ([[Demon]])
*<c>Shadowborn Apostle</c> ([[Demon]])
*<c>Treefolk Harbinger</c> ([[Treefolk]])
*<c>Treefolk Harbinger</c> ([[Treefolk]])
*<c>Vedalken Æthermage</c> ([[Wizard]])
*<c>Vedalken Æthermage</c> ([[Wizard]])
*<c>Corpse Harvester</c> ([[Zombie]])
*<c>The World Tree</c> ([[God]]s)
}}


===Search for creatures with specific abilities===
====Creatures with specific abilities====
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*<c>Mwonvuli Beast Tracker</c> ([[deathtouch]], [[hexproof]], [[reach]], or [[trample]])
*<c>Mwonvuli Beast Tracker</c> ([[deathtouch]], [[hexproof]], [[reach]], or [[trample]])
*<c>Isperia the Inscrutable</c> ([[flying]])
*<c>Isperia the Inscrutable</c> ([[flying]])
}}


===Search for Instants===
===Searching for lands===
When tutoring, the two Instants and Sorceries are often put together and [[blue]] seeks them out.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
[[Green]], being one of the colors most closely associated with land and mana, is the best at tutoring for land.<ref name="Green"/> It occasionally will put them directly onto the battlefield. The other four colors are allowed to occasionally tutor for their own basic land type.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/> Lately, white is getting more tutoring for a plains as a catch-up feature when it's behind on land.<ref name="Pie Changes"/>
 
*<c>Firemind's Foresight</c>
*<c>Merchant Scroll</c>
*<c>Kaho, Minamo Historian</c>
*<c>Sunforger</c>
*<c>Wild Research</c>
 
====Search for a Trap====
*<c>Trapmaker's Snare</c>
 
===Search for a sorcery===
*<c>Personal Tutor</c>
 
===Search for an instant or sorcery===
*<c>Mystical Tutor</c>
 
===Search for an instant or card with [[flash]]===
*<c>Mystical Teachings</c>
 
===Search for an Arcane card===
*<c>Eerie Procession</c>
 
===Search for permanent types===
*<c>Incoming!</c>
*<c>Skyship Weatherlight</c> (artifact and/or creature)
*<c>Wargate</c>
 
===Search for Legendary cards===
*<c>Captain Sisay</c>
*<c>Thalia's Lancers</c>
 
====Search for a legendary creature====
*<c>Lifespinner</c> (Spirit)
*<c>Time of Need</c>
 
===Search for named cards===
*<c>Angel's Herald</c>
*<c>Avarax</c>
*<c>Behemoth's Herald</c>
*<c>Dark Supplicant</c>
*<c>Daru Cavalier</c>
*<c>Demon's Herald</c>
*<c>Dragon's Herald</c>
*<c>Elvish Clancaller</c>
*<c>Embermage Goblin</c>
*<c>Gigantiform</c>
*<c>Howling Wolf</c>
*<c>Kyscu Drake</c>
*<c>Llanowar Sentinel</c>
*<c>Nesting Wurm</c>
*<c>Nissa Revane</c>
*<c>Pack Hunt</c>
*<c>Screaming Seahawk</c>
*<c>Sift through Sands</c>
*<c>Skyshroud Sentinel</c>
*<c>Sphinx's Herald</c>
*<c>Squadron Hawk</c>
*<c>Urborg Panther</c>
*<c>Welkin Hawk</c>
 
===Search for a copy===
These cards let you search for a card with the same name as another one. (These old cards have had errata removing the word "copy" since they're not [[Copying objects|copies]] in the usual sense.)
*<c>Assembly Hall</c> - creature card
*<c>Bifurcate</c> - creature card
*<c>Clarion Ultimatum</c> - permanent cards
*<c>Doubling Chant</c> - creature card
*<c>Mask of the Mimic</c> - creature card
*<c>Mishra, Artificer Prodigy</c> - artifact card
*<c>Pack Hunt</c> - creature cards
*<c>Remembrance</c> - creature card
*<c>Verdant Succession</c> - green creature card
 
===Search an opponent's Library===
*<c>Acquire</c> - artifact card
*<c>Bribery</c> - creature card
*<c>Dichotomancy</c> - copy of nonland permanent card
*<c>Eternal Dominion</c> - permanent card
*<c>Grinning Totem</c> - any card
*<c>Knowledge Exploitation</c> - instant or sorcery card
*<c>Mimeofacture</c> - copy of permanent card
*<c>Praetor's Grasp</c> - any card
*<c>Sphinx Ambassador</c> - creature card
*<c>Thada Adel, Acquisitor</c> - artifact card
 
===Searching by Color===
 
Tutors by their color identity; as these were copied from the existing lists they're in a similar order in terms of functionality (ie: Any card, card with specific mana cost, etc.) This list excludes searching for lands (which, incidentally, are usually colorless).
 
====Colorless====
*<c>Planar Portal</c>
*<c>Kuldotha Forgemaster</c>
*<c>Citanul Flute</c>
*<c>Eye of Ugin</c>
*<c>Myr Turbine</c>
*<c>Sunforger</c>
*<c>Skyship Weatherlight</c>
*<c>Assembly Hall</c> - creature card
 
====White====
*<c>Golden Wish</c>
*<c>Enlightened Tutor</c>
*<c>Quest for the Holy Relic</c>
*<c>Steelshaper Apprentice</c>
*<c>Steelshaper's Gift</c>
*<c>Stoneforge Mystic</c>
*<c>Stonehewer Giant</c>
*<c>Taj-Nar Swordsmith</c>
*<c>Academy Rector</c>
*<c>Enduring Ideal</c>
*<c>Idyllic Tutor</c>
*<c>Lost Auramancers</c>
*<c>Auratouched Mage</c>
*<c>Tallowisp</c>
*<c>Three Dreams</c>
*<c>Totem-Guide Hartebeest</c>
*<c>Ranger of Eos</c>
*<c>Recruiter of the Guard</c>
*<c>Amrou Scout</c>
*<c>Defiant Falcon</c>
*<c>Defiant Vanguard</c>
*<c>Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero</c>
*<c>Ramosian Captain</c>
*<c>Ramosian Commander</c>
*<c>Ramosian Lieutenant</c>
*<c>Ramosian Sergeant</c>
*<c>Ramosian Sky Marshal</c>
*<c>Angel's Herald</c>
*<c>Daru Cavalier</c>
*<c>Squadron Hawk</c>
*<c>Welkin Hawk</c>
*<c>Remembrance</c>
 
====Blue====
*<c>Long-Term Plans</c>
*<c>Parallel Thoughts</c>
*<c>Dizzy Spell</c>
*<c>Drift of Phantasms</c>
*<c>Ethereal Usher</c>
*<c>Grozoth</c>
*<c>Muddle the Mixture</c>
*<c>Tolaria West</c>
*<c>Cunning Wish</c>
*<c>Arcum Dagsson</c>
*<c>Artificer's Intuition</c>
*<c>Fabricate</c>
*<c>Reshape</c>
*<c>Tezzeret, the Seeker</c>
*<c>Tinker</c>
*<c>Transmute Artifact</c>
*<c>Treasure Mage</c>
*<c>Trinket Mage</c>
*<c>Higure, the Still Wind</c>
*<c>Seahunter</c>
*<c>Vedalken Æthermage</c>
*<c>Merchant Scroll</c>
*<c>Kaho, Minamo Historian</c>
*<c>Trapmaker's Snare</c>
*<c>Personal Tutor</c>
*<c>Mystical Tutor</c>
*<c>Mystical Teachings</c>
*<c>Eerie Procession</c>
*<c>Screaming Seahawk</c>
*<c>Sift through Sands</c>
*<c>Sphinx's Herald</c>
*<c>Mask of the Mimic</c>
*<c>Acquire</c>
*<c>Bribery</c>
*<c>Dichotomancy</c>
*<c>Eternal Dominion</c>
*<c>Knowledge Exploitation</c>
*<c>Mimeofacture</c>
*<c>Sphinx Ambassador</c>
*<c>Thada Adel, Acquisitor</c>
 
====Black====
*<c>Bringer of the Black Dawn</c>
*<c>Cruel Tutor</c>
*<c>Demonic Collusion</c>
*<c>Demonic Tutor</c>
*<c>Diabolic Intent</c>
*<c>Diabolic Tutor</c>
*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<c>Entomb</c>
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
*<c>Imperial Seal</c>
*<c>Increasing Ambition</c>
*<c>Infernal Tutor</c>
*<c>Insidious Dreams</c>
*<c>Liliana Vess</c>
*<c>Maralen of the Mornsong</c>
*<c>Rhystic Tutor</c>
*<c>Rune-Scarred Demon</c>
*<c>Vampiric Tutor</c>
*<c>Beseech the Queen</c>
*<c>Brainspoil</c>
*<c>Dimir House Guard</c>
*<c>Dimir Machinations</c>
*<c>Netherborn Phalanx</c>
*<c>Night Dealings</c>
*<c>Shred Memory</c>
*<c>Death Wish</c>
*<c>Bitterheart Witch</c>
*<c>Curse of Misfortunes</c>
*<c>Buried Alive</c>
*<c>Corpse Connoisseur</c>
*<c>Fleshwrither</c>
*<c>Blightspeaker</c>
*<c>Bog Glider</c>
*<c>Boggart Harbinger</c>
*<c>Cateran Brute</c>
*<c>Cateran Enforcer</c>
*<c>Cateran Kidnappers</c>
*<c>Cateran Overlord</c>
*<c>Cateran Persuaders</c>
*<c>Cateran Slaver</c>
*<c>Corpse Harvester</c>
*<c>Ratcatcher</c>
*<c>Rathi Assassin</c>
*<c>Rathi Fiend</c>
*<c>Rathi Intimidator</c>
*<c>Dark Supplicant</c>
*<c>Demon's Herald</c>
*<c>Urborg Panther</c>
*<c>Praetor's Grasp</c>
 
====Red====
*<c>Gamble</c>
*<c>Burning Wish</c>
*<c>Hoarding Dragon</c>
*<c>Godo, Bandit Warlord</c>
*<c>Wild Research</c>
*<c>Imperial Recruiter</c>
*<c>Dragonstorm</c>
*<c>Dwarven Recruiter</c>
*<c>Goblin Matron</c>
*<c>Goblin Recruiter</c>
*<c>Homing Sliver</c>
*<c>Imperial Hellkite</c>
*<c>Moggcatcher</c>
*<c>Zirilan of the Claw</c>
*<c>Avarax</c>
*<c>Dragon's Herald</c>
*<c>Embermage Goblin</c>
 
====Green====
*<c>Uncage the Menagerie</c>
*<c>Living Wish</c>
*<c>Birthing Pod</c>
*<c>Brutalizer Exarch</c>
*<c>Chord of Calling</c>
*<c>Fauna Shaman</c>
*<c>Fierce Empath</c>
*<c>Hibernation's End</c>
*<c>Pattern of Rebirth</c>
*<c>Primal Command</c>
*<c>Protean Hulk</c>
*<c>Survival of the Fittest</c>
*<c>Sylvan Tutor</c>
*<c>Tooth and Nail</c>
*<c>Weird Harvest</c>
*<c>Wild Pair</c>
*<c>Worldly Tutor</c>
*<c>Green Sun's Zenith</c>
*<c>Natural Order</c>
*<c>Summoner's Pact</c>
*<c>Elvish Harbinger</c>
*<c>Nissa Revane</c>
*<c>Skyshroud Poacher</c>
*<c>Treefolk Harbinger</c>
*<c>Wirewood Herald</c>
*<c>Mwonvuli Beast Tracker</c>
*<c>Incoming!</c>
*<c>Lifespinner</c>
*<c>Time of Need</c>
*<c>Behemoth's Herald</c>
*<c>Gigantiform</c>
*<c>Howling Wolf</c>
*<c>Kyscu Drake</c>
*<c>Llanowar Sentinel</c>
*<c>Nesting Wurm</c>
*<c>Pack Hunt</c>
*<c>Skyshroud Sentinel</c>
*<c>Bifurcate</c>
*<c>Doubling Chant</c>
*<c>Verdant Succession</c>
 
====Red/Green====
*<c title="“Ach! Hans, Run!”">“Ach! Hans, Run!”</c>
 
====Green/White====
*<c>Glittering Wish </c>
*<c>Sterling Grove</c>
*<c>Altar of Bone</c>
*<c>Congregation at Dawn</c>
*<c>Eladamri's Call</c>
*<c>Captain Sisay</c>
 
====Green/Blue====
*<c>Momir Vig, Simic Visionary</c>


====Green/Black====
''See also [[fetch land]]s''
*<c>Garruk, the Veil-Cursed</c>
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*<c>Bounty of the Deep</c>
====White/Blue====
*<c>Sovereigns of Lost Alara</c>
*<c>Isperia the Inscrutable</c>
 
====Blue/Black====
*<c>Clutch of the Undercity</c>
*<c>Dimir Infiltrator</c>
*<c>Perplex</c>
*<c>Sphinx Summoner</c>
 
====Green/White/Blue====
*<c>Wargate</c>
*<c>Clarion Ultimatum</c>
 
====White/Blue/Black====
*<c>Zur the Enchanter</c>
 
====White/Blue/Green====
*<c>Demand (Supply/Demand)</c>
 
====Blue/Black/Red====
*<c>Mishra, Artificer Prodigy</c>
 
====All====
*<c>Conflux</c>
*<c>Scion of the Ur-Dragon</c>
*<c>Sliver Overlord</c>
 
===Searching for Lands===
[[Green]], being one of the colors most closely associated with land and mana, is the best at tutoring for land.<ref name="Green"/> It occasionally will put them directly onto the battlefield. The other four colors are allowed to occasionally tutor for their own basic land type.<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>
''See also [[Fetch lands]]''
*<c>Crop Rotation</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a land as an additional cost)
*<c>Crop Rotation</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a land as an additional cost)
*<c>Expedition map</c>
*<c>Dig Up</c> ([[Cleave]]d)
*<c>Expedition Map</c>
*<c>Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</c>
*<c>Knight of the Reliquary</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a Forest or Plains as an additional cost)
*<c>Knight of the Reliquary</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a Forest or Plains as an additional cost)
*<c>Kura, the Boundless Sky</c>
*<c>Park Map</c> (name you don't control)
*<c>Pir's Whim</c>
*<c>Primeval Titan</c>
*<c>Primeval Titan</c>
*<c>Realm Seekers</c>
*<c>Realm Seekers</c>
*<c>Reap And Sow</c>
*<c>Reap And Sow</c>
*<c>Scapeshift</c> (Requires the sacrifice of lands but not as an additional cost)
*<c>Reshape the Earth</c>
*<c>Scapeshift</c> (Requires the sacrifice of lands on resolution)
*<c>Sylvan Scrying</c>
*<c>Sylvan Scrying</c>
*<c>Tempt with Discovery</c>
*<c>Tempt with Discovery</c>
*<c>Titania's Command</c>
*<c>Tolaria West</c>
*<c>Tolaria West</c>
*<c>Traverse the Ulvenwald</c> (Requires [[Delirium]])
*<c>Traverse the Ulvenwald</c> (with [[Delirium]])
*<c>Truga Cliffcharger</c>
*<c>Ulvenwald Hydra</c>
*<c>Ulvenwald Hydra</c>
*<c>Wargate</c>
*<c>Wargate</c>
*<c>Weathered Wayfarer</c>
*<c>Weathered Wayfarer</c>
}}


====Search for Plains====
====[[Plains]]====
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*<c>Aerial Surveyor</c>
*<c>Ambitious Farmhand</c>
*<c>Archaeomancer's Map</c>
*<c>Boreas Charger</c>
*<c>Deep Gnome Terramancer</c>
*<c>Endless Horizons</c>
*<c>Endless Horizons</c>
*<c>Eternal Dragon</c>
*<c>Eternal Dragon</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
*<c>Gift of Estates</c>
*<c>Gift of Estates</c>
*<c>Karametra, God of Harvests</c>
*<c>Kayla's Command</c>
*<c>Keeper of the Accord</c>
*<c>Knight of the White Orchid</c>
*<c>Knight of the White Orchid</c>
*<c>Kor Cartographer</c>
*<c>Kor Cartographer</c>
*<c>Loyal Warhound</c>
*<c>Noble Templar</c>
*<c>Noble Templar</c>
*<c>Oreskos Explorer</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Pilgrim of the Ages</c>
*<c>Safewright Quest</c>
*<c>Safewright Quest</c>
*<c>Sanctum Plowbeast</c>
*<c>Sanctum Plowbeast</c>
*<c>Scholar of New Horizons</c>
*<c>Scouting Hawk</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Space Marine Scout</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>Sunblade Samurai</c> ([[channel]])
*<c>The Restoration of Eiganjo</c>
*<c>Timeless Dragon</c>
*<c>Tithe</c>
*<c>Tithe</c>
*<c>Yasharn, Implacable Earth</c>
}}


====Search for Island====
====[[Island]]====
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*<c>Farseek</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
*<c>Gem of Becoming</c>
*<c>Gem of Becoming</c>
*<c>Jhessian Zombies</c>
*<c>Jhessian Zombies</c>
*<c>Quandrix Cultivator</c>
*<c>Sanctum Plowbeast</c>
*<c>Sanctum Plowbeast</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Shoreline Ranger</c>
*<c>Shoreline Ranger</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
}}


====Search for Swamp====
====[[Swamp]]====
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*<c>Corpse Harvester</c>
*<c>Corpse Harvester</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
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*<c>Liliana of the Dark Realms</c>
*<c>Liliana of the Dark Realms</c>
*<c>Liliana's Shade</c>
*<c>Liliana's Shade</c>
*<c>Plasmancer</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>Twisted Abomination</c>
*<c>Twisted Abomination</c>
}}


====Search for Mountain====
====[[Mountain]]====
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*<c>Chartooth Cougar</c>
*<c>Chartooth Cougar</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
*<c>Farseek</c>
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*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Shard Convergence</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>Spoils of Victory</c>
*<c>There and Back Again</c>
*<c>Valley Rannet</c>
*<c>Valley Rannet</c>
}}


====Search for Forest====
====[[Forest]]====
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*<c>Binding the Old Gods</c>
*<c>Boseiju Reaches Skyward</c>
*<c>Doric, Nature's Warden</c>
*<c>Elvish Aberration</c>
*<c>Elvish Aberration</c>
*<c>Everbark Shaman</c>
*<c>Everbark Shaman</c>
*<c>Field Trip</c>
*<c>Gaea's Bounty</c>
*<c>Gaea's Bounty</c>
*<c>Hunting Cheetah</c>
*<c>Hunting Cheetah</c>
*<c>Hunting Wilds</c>
*<c>Hunting Wilds</c>
*<c>Karametra, God of Harvests</c>
*<c>Land Grant</c>
*<c>Land Grant</c>
*<c>Mwonvuli Acid-Moss</c>
*<c>Mwonvuli Acid-Moss</c>
*<c>Nissa's Encouragement</c> (search for a card named Forest and not for a Forest card)
*<c>Nature's Lore</c>
*<c>Nature's Lore</c>
*<c>Neverwinter Dryad</c>
*<c>Nissa's Pilgrimage</c>
*<c>Nissa, Vastwood Seer</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Quandrix Cultivator</c>
*<c>Ranger's Path</c>
*<c>Ranger's Path</c>
*<c>Safewright Quest</c>
*<c>Safewright Quest</c>
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*<c>Treefolk Harbinger</c>
*<c>Treefolk Harbinger</c>
*<c>Valley Rannet</c>
*<c>Valley Rannet</c>
*<c>Vorinclex</c>
*<c>Wirewood Guardian</c>
*<c>Wirewood Guardian</c>
*<c>Wood Elves</c>
*<c>Wood Elves</c>
*<c>Yasharn, Implacable Earth</c>
*<c>Yavimaya Dryad</c>
*<c>Yavimaya Dryad</c>
}}


====Any land with a basic land type====
====Land with [[basic land type]]====
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*<c>Perilous Forays</c>
*<c>Perilous Forays</c>
}}


====Search for a Snow land====
====[[Snow]] land====
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*<c>Into the North</c>
*<c>Into the North</c>
*<c>Spirit of the Aldergard</c>
}}


====Search for Gate====
====[[Gate]]====
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*<c>District Guide</c>
*<c>Explore the Underdark</c>
*<c>Gatecreeper Vine</c>
*<c>Gatecreeper Vine</c>
*<c>Maze's End</c>
*<c>Maze's End</c>
*<c>Navigation Orb</c>
*<c>A-Navigation Orb</c>
*<c>Nine-Fingers Keene</c>
}}


====Search for any basic land====
====[[Locus]]====
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*<c>Monument to Perfection</c>
}}
 
====[[Sphere]]====
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*<c>Monument to Perfection</c>
}}
 
====[[Basic land]]====
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*<c>Absorb Vis</c>
*<c>Absorb Vis</c>
*<c>Armillary Sphere</c>
*<c>Armillary Sphere</c>
*<c>Atalan Jackal</c>
*<c>Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus</c>
*<c>Borderland Explorer</c>
*<c>Borderland Ranger</c>
*<c>Borderland Ranger</c>
*<c>Boundless Realms</c>
*<c>Boundless Realms</c>
*<c>Braidwood Sextant</c>
*<c>Braidwood Sextant</c>
*<c>Burnished Hart</c>
*<c>Bushwhack</c>
*<c>Campus Guide</c>
*<c>Canoptek Wraith</c>
*<c>Caravan Vigil</c>
*<c>Caravan Vigil</c>
*<c>Celebrate the Harvest</c>
*<c>Centaur Rootcaster</c>
*<c>Centaur Rootcaster</c>
*<c>Civic Wayfinder</c>
*<c>Civic Wayfinder</c>
*<c>Cleansing Wildfire</c>
*<c>Collective Voyage</c>
*<c>Collective Voyage</c>
*<c>Coming Attraction</c>
*<c>Cultivate</c>
*<c>Cultivate</c>
*<c>Dawntreader Elk</c>
*<c>Dawntreader Elk</c>
*<c>Deep Reconnaissance</c>
*<c>Deep Reconnaissance</c>
*<c>Dig Up</c>
*<c>Diligent Farmhand</c>
*<c>Diligent Farmhand</c>
*<c>Dire-Strain Rampage</c>
*<c>Double Play</c>
*<c>Double Play</c>
*<c>Dreamscape Artist</c>
*<c>Dreamscape Artist</c>
*<c>Druid of the Emerald Grove</c>
*<c>Dune Mover</c>
*<c>Ecologist's Terrarium</c>
*<c>Edge of Autumn</c>
*<c>Edge of Autumn</c>
*<c>Elanor Gardner</c>
*<c>Elfhame Sanctuary</c>
*<c>Elfhame Sanctuary</c>
*<c>Emergent Sequence</c>
*<c>Enigma Ridges</c>
*<c>Entish Restoration</c> (Requires the sacrifice of a land as an additional cost)
*<c>Environmental Sciences</c>
*<c>Evolution Charm</c>
*<c>Evolution Charm</c>
*<c>Exploding Borders</c>
*<c>Exploding Borders</c>
*<c>Explore the Underdark</c>
*<c>Explosive Vegetation</c>
*<c>Explosive Vegetation</c>
*<c>Far Wanderings</c>
*<c>Far Wanderings</c>
*<c>Farhaven Elf</c>
*<c>Farhaven Elf</c>
*<c>Fertilid</c>
*<c>Fertilid</c>
*<c>Fertilid's Favor</c>
*<c>Fiery Fall</c>
*<c>Fiery Fall</c>
*<c>Forceful Cultivator</c>
*<c>Fork in the Road</c>
*<c>Fork in the Road</c>
*<c>Frenzied Tilling</c>
*<c>Frenzied Tilling</c>
*<c>From the Ashes</c>
*<c>Frontier Guide</c>
*<c>Frontier Guide</c>
*<c>Gaea's Balance</c>
*<c>Gaea's Balance</c>
*<c>Gatecreeper Vine</c>
*<c>Gatecreeper Vine</c>
*<c>Ghost Quarter</c>
*<c>Ghost Quarter</c>
*<c>Giant Ladybug</c>
*<c>Gleam of Resistance</c>
*<c>Gleam of Resistance</c>
*<c>Greenseeker</c>
*<c>Greenseeker</c>
*<c>Growth Spasm</c>
*<c>Growth Spasm</c>
*<c>Harrow</c>
*<c>Harrow</c>
*<c>Herd Migration</c>
*<c>Hithlain Rope</c>
*<c>Hiveheart Shaman</c>
*<c>Horizon Seeker</c> (via [[boast]] ability)
*<c>Horizon Spellbomb</c>
*<c>Horizon Spellbomb</c>
*<c>Invasion of Zendikar</c>
*<c>Jaheira's Respite</c>
*<c>Journey for the Elixir</c>
*<c>Journey of Discovery</c>
*<c>Journey of Discovery</c>
*<c>Journeyer's Kite</c>
*<c>Journeyer's Kite</c>
*<c>Jungle Wayfinder</c>
*<c>Khalni Heart Expedition</c>
*<c>Khalni Heart Expedition</c>
*<c>Kodama of the West Tree</c>
*<c>Kodama's Reach</c>
*<c>Kodama's Reach</c>
*<c>Krosan Tusker</c>
*<c>Krosan Tusker</c>
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*<c>Land Tax</c>
*<c>Land Tax</c>
*<c>Lay of the Land</c>
*<c>Lay of the Land</c>
*<c>Many Partings</c>
*<c>Monument to Perfection</c>
*<c>Moonsilver Key</c>
*<c>Mycosynth Wellspring</c>
*<c>Mycosynth Wellspring</c>
*<c>Natural Balance</c>
*<c>Natural Balance</c>
*<c>Navigation Orb</c>
*<c>New Frontiers</c>
*<c>New Frontiers</c>
*<c>Oath of Lieges</c>
*<c>Oath of Lieges</c>
*<c>A-Ominous Parcel</c>
*<c>Ominous Parcel</c>
*<c>Ondu Giant</c>
*<c>Ondu Giant</c>
*<c>One with Nature</c>
*<c>One with Nature</c>
*<c>Path of the Animist</c>
*<c>Path to Exile</c>
*<c>Path to Exile</c>
*<c>Path to the Festival</c>
*<c>Path to the World Tree</c>
*<c>Pilgrim's Eye</c>
*<c>Pilgrim's Eye</c>
*<c>Primeval Herald</c>
*<c>Primal Growth</c>
*<c>Primal Growth</c>
*<c>Purestrain Genestealer</c>
*<c>Quirion Trailblazer</c>
*<c>Quirion Trailblazer</c>
*<c>Rampaging Growth</c>
*<c>Rampant Growth</c>
*<c>Rampant Growth</c>
*<c>Rampant Rejuvenator</c>
*<c>Realms Befitting My Majesty</c> ([[Scheme]])
*<c>Reclaim the Wastes</c>
*<c>Renewal</c>
*<c>Renewal</c>
*<c>Rites of Spring</c>
*<c>Rites of Spring</c>
*<c>Road</c>
*<c>Roiling Regrowth</c>
*<c>Rootweaver Druid</c>
*<c>Ruin in Their Wake</c>
*<c>Sakura-Tribe Elder</c>
*<c>Sakura-Tribe Elder</c>
*<c>Scholarship Sponsor</c>
*<c>A-Scout the Wilderness</c>
*<c>Scout the Wilderness</c>
*<c>Scouting Trek</c>
*<c>Scouting Trek</c>
*<c>Search for Tomorrow</c>
*<c>Search for Tomorrow</c>
*<c>Seek the Horizon</c>
*<c>Seek the Horizon</c>
*<c>Shire Terrace</c>
*<c>Silkwing Scout</c>
*<c>Silkwing Scout</c>
*<c>Silverglade Pathfinder</c>
*<c>Silverglade Pathfinder</c>
*<c>Slimefoot's Survey</c>
*<c>Solemn Simulacrum</c>
*<c>Solemn Simulacrum</c>
*<c>Sporocyst</c>
*<c>A-Sprouting Goblin</c>
*<c>Sprouting Goblin</c>
*<c>Sprouting Vines</c>
*<c>Sprouting Vines</c>
*<c>Sword of Hearth and Home</c>
*<c>Sword of the Animist</c>
*<c>Sylvan Bounty</c>
*<c>Sylvan Bounty</c>
*<c>Sylvan Ranger</c>
*<c>Sylvan Ranger</c>
*<c>Thawing Glaciers</c>
*<c>Thawing Glaciers</c>
*<c>Thirsting Roots</c>
*<c>Topiary Stomper</c>
*<c>Traumatic Visions</c>
*<c>Traumatic Visions</c>
*<c>Traveler's Amulet</c>
*<c>Traveler's Amulet</c>
*<c>Travel Through Caradhras</c>
*<c>Traverse the Outlands</c>
*<c>Traverse the Ulvenwald</c>
*<c>Traverse the Ulvenwald</c>
*<c>Undercity</c>
*<c>Untamed Wilds</c>
*<c>Untamed Wilds</c>
*<c>Vastwood Surge</c>
*<c>Verdant Confluence</c>
*<c>Verdant Crescendo</c>
*<c>Verdant Mastery</c>
*<c>Veteran Explorer</c>
*<c>Veteran Explorer</c>
*<c>Viridian Emissary</c>
*<c>Viridian Emissary</c>
*<c>Wanderer's Twig</c>
*<c>Wanderer's Twig</c>
*<c>Warped Landscape</c>
*<c>Warped Landscape</c>
*<c>Wave of Vitriol</c>
*<c>Wayfarer's Bauble</c>
*<c>Wayfarer's Bauble</c>
*<c>The Weatherseed Treaty</c>
*<c>Wild Endeavor</c>
*<c>Wild-Field Scarecrow</c>
*<c>Wild-Field Scarecrow</c>
*<c>Yavimaya Elder</c>
*<c>Yavimaya Elder</c>
*<c>Yavimaya Granger</c>
*<c>Yavimaya Granger</c>
*<c>You Happen on a Glade</c>
}}
===Search for instants and sorceries===
When tutoring, the two instants and sorceries are often put together. This is [[primary]] [[blue]].<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/> Occasionally red may search out red instants and sorceries (usually to get things like direct damage spells). As "spells matter" has become a common blue-red archetype, R&D has started letting red do this.<ref name="Pie Changes">{{DailyRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2021-changes-2021-10-18|Mechanical Color Pie 2021 Changes|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 18, 2021}}</ref>
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*<c>Kasmina, Enigma Sage</c>
*<c>Micromancer</c> (mana value 1)
*<c>Mystical Tutor</c>
*<c>Solve the Equation</c>
*<c>Spellseeker</c> (mana value 2 or less)
}}
====Instant====
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*<c>Firemind's Foresight</c>
*<c>Merchant Scroll</c>
*<c>Kaho, Minamo Historian</c>
*<c>Sunforger</c>
*<c>Wild Research</c>
}}
====Instant or card with [[flash]]====
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*<c>Mystical Teachings</c>
}}
====Card with [[flashback]] or [[Disturb]]====
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*<c>Phantom Carriage</c>
*<c>A-Phantom Carriage</c>
}}
====Sorcery====
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*<c>Personal Tutor</c>
}}
====Trap====
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Trapmaker's Snare</c>
}}
====Arcane====
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*<c>Eerie Procession</c>
}}
===Search for permanent types===
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*<c>Incoming!</c>
*<c>Skyship Weatherlight</c> (artifact and/or creature)
*<c>Tezzeret, Artifice Master</c>
*<c>Wargate</c>
}}
===Search for legendary cards===
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*<c>Captain Sisay</c>
*<c>Search for Glory</c>
*<c>Thalia's Lancers</c>
}}
====Search for a legendary creature====
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*<c>Lifespinner</c> (Spirit)
*<c>Time of Need</c>
*<c>War of the Last Alliance</c>
}}
===Search for named cards===
{{See also|Partner with}}
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*<c>Alpine Houndmaster</c> (<c>Alpine Watchdog</c> and/or <c>Igneous Cur</c>)
*<c>Arachnus Spinner</c> (<c>Arachnus Web</c>)
*<c>Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar</c> (<c>The Underworld Cookbook</c>)
*<c>Bogbrew Witch</c> (<c>Festering Newt</c> or <c>Bubbling Cauldron</c>)
*<c>Dark Supplicant</c> (<c>Scion of Darkness</c>)
*<c>Elspeth, Undaunted Hero</c> (<c>Sunlit Hoplite</c>)
*<c>Forging the Tyrite Sword</c> (<c>Halvar, God of Battle</c>)
*<c>Gate to the Afterlife</c> (<c>God-Pharaoh's Gift</c>)
*<c>Grand Master of Flowers</c> (<c>Monk of the Open Hand</c>)
*<c>Forging the Tyrite Sword</c> (<c>Halvar, God of Battle</c>)
*<c>Kyscu Drake</c> together with <c>Spitting Drake</c> (<c>Viashivan Dragon</c>)
*<c>Nissa Revane</c> (<c>Nissa's Chosen</c>)
*<c>Renowned Weaponsmith</c> (<c>Heart-Piercer Bow</c> or <c>Vial of Dragonfire</c>)
*<c>Sift through Sands</c> together with <c>Peer Through Depths</c> and <c>Reach Through Mists</c> (<c>The Unspeakable</c>)
*<c>Urborg Panther</c> together with <c>Breathstealer</c> and <c>Feral Shadow</c> (<c>Spirit of the Night</c>)
}}
====Herald cycle====
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*<c>Angel's Herald</c> (<c>Empyrial Archangel</c>)
*<c>Behemoth's Herald</c> (<c>Godsire</c>)
*<c>Demon's Herald</c> (<c>Prince of Thralls</c>)
*<c>Dragon's Herald</c> (<c>Hellkite Overlord</c>)
*<c>Sphinx's Herald</c> (<c>Sphinx Sovereign</c>)
}}
====From Planeswalker Decks====
These cards are all from [[Planeswalker Decks]] and search in the library or in the graveyard for the related [[planeswalker]].
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*<c>Ajani's Aid</c> (<c>Ajani, Valiant Protector</c>)
*<c>Angrath's Fury</c> (<c>Angrath, Minotaur Pirate</c>)
*<c>Ashiok's Forerunner</c> (<c>Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears</c>)
*<c>Basri's Aegis</c> (<c>Basri, Devoted Paladin</c>)
*<c>Chandra's Firemaw</c> (<c>Chandra, Flame's Catalyst</c>)
*<c>Chandra's Flame Wave</c> (<c>Chandra, Flame's Fury</c>)
*<c>Chandra's Outburst</c> (<c>Chandra, Bold Pyromancer</c>)
*<c>Domri's Nodorog</c> (<c>Domri, City Smasher</c>)
*<c>Dovin's Dismissal</c> (<c>Dovin, Architect of Law</c>)
*<c>Elspeth's Devotee</c> (<c>Elspeth, Undaunted Hero</c>)
*<c>Elspeth, Undaunted Hero</c> (<c>Sunlit Hoplite</c>)
*<c>Ethereal Elk</c> (<c>Vivien, Nature's Avenger</c>)
*<c>Garruk's Warsteed</c> (<c>Garruk, Savage Herald</c>)
*<c>Gideon's Battle Cry</c> (<c>Gideon, the Oathsworn</c>)
*<c>Gideon's Resolve</c> (<c>Gideon, Martial Paragon</c>)
*<c>Goldmane Griffin</c> (<c>Ajani, Inspiring Leader</c>)
*<c>Grasping Current</c> (<c>Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage</c>)
*<c>Jace's Ruse</c> (<c>Jace, Arcane Strategist</c>)
*<c>Journey for the Elixir</c> (<c>Jiang Yanggu</c>)
*<c>Liberating Combustion</c> (<c>Chandra, Pyrogenius</c>)
*<c>Liliana's Influence</c> (<c>Liliana, Death Wielder</c>)
*<c>Liliana's Scorn</c> (<c>Liliana, Death Mage</c>)
*<c>Niambi, Faithful Healer</c> (<c>Teferi, Timebender</c>)
*<c>Nissa's Encouragement</c> (<c>Nissa, Genesis Mage</c>)
*<c>Oko's Hospitality</c> (<c>Oko, the Trickster</c>)
*<c>Ral's Dispersal</c> (<c>Ral, Caller of Storms</c>)
*<c>Rhythmic Water Vortex</c> (<c>Mu Yanling</c>)
*<c>Rowan's Stalwarts</c> (<c>Rowan, Fearless Sparkmage</c>)
*<c>Sorin's Guide</c> (<c>Sorin, Vampire Lord</c>)
*<c>Sun-Blessed Mount</c> (<c>Huatli, Dinosaur Knight</c>)
*<c>Teferi's Wavecaster</c> (<c>Teferi, Timeless Voyager</c>)
*<c>Tezzeret's Betrayal</c> (<c>Tezzeret, Master of Metal</c>)
*<c>Verdant Crescendo</c> (<c>Nissa, Nature's Artisan</c>)
*<c>Visage of Bolas</c> (<c>Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver</c>)
*<c>Vraska's Scorn</c> (<c>Vraska, Scheming Gorgon</c>)
*<c>Vraska's Stoneglare</c> (<c>Vraska, Regal Gorgon</c>)
*<c>Yanling's Harbinger</c> (<c>Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind</c>)
}}
====Cards named like themselves====
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*<c>Avarax</c>
*<c>Battalion Foot Soldier</c>
*<c>Daru Cavalier</c>
*<c>Elvish Clancaller</c>
*<c>Embermage Goblin</c>
*<c>Gathering Throng</c>
*<c>Gigantiform</c>
*<c>Goblin Tutor</c>
*<c>Growth-Chamber Guardian</c>
*<c>Howling Wolf</c>
*<c>Infectious Bloodlust</c>
*<c>Legion Conquistador</c>
*<c>Llanowar Sentinel</c>
*<c>Nesting Wurm</c>
*<c>Screaming Seahawk</c>
*<c>Skyshroud Sentinel</c>
*<c>Squadron Hawk</c>
*<c>Trustworthy Scout</c>
*<c>Welkin Hawk</c>
*<c>Whisper Squad</c>
*<c>Wretched Throng</c>
}}
====Search for a copy====
These cards let you search for a card with the same name as another one.
These old cards have had errata removing the word "[[copy]]" since they're not copies in the usual sense.
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*<c>Assembly Hall</c> {{-}} revealed creature card
*<c>Bifurcate</c> {{-}} target creature card
*<c>Clarion Ultimatum</c> {{-}} controlled permanent cards
*<c>Doubling Chant</c> {{-}} controlled creature card
*<c>Frostpyre Arcanist</c> {{-}} Instant/Sorcery in your graveyard
*<c>Infernal Tutor</c> {{-}} revealed card (without [[Hellbent]])
*<c>March of Burgeoning Life</c> {{-}} target creature card
*<c>Mask of the Mimic</c> {{-}} target creature card
*<c>Mishra, Artificer Prodigy</c> {{-}} cast artifact card
*<c>Pack Hunt</c> {{-}} target creature cards
*<c>Remembrance</c> {{-}} creature card that died
*<c>Test of Talents</c> {{-}} countered instant/sorcery spell
*<c>Verdant Succession</c> {{-}} green creature card that died
}}
====Noted cards====
Cards that were named and noted down during a [[Conspiracy Draft]].
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*<c>Aether Searcher</c>
*<c>Smuggler Captain</c>
}}
===Search an opponent's library===
{{See also|Lobotomy}}
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==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:11, 1 July 2024

A Tutor is a spell which searches your library for another card.

Description

Tutoring is primary in black, but other colors can be better at searching for specific card types (and subtypes).

You do not have to find the card and put it in your library. If you do choose to find cards, you must reveal those cards to all players if it searches for a specific card type.

R&D has stopped creating tutoring keywords like transmute and transfigure.[1] They don't like to do too much tutoring, as it can lead to repetition of play, where games play out too similarly.[2][3] Lands are exempt from the repetition angle, but not the shuffling and logistics problem. However, the seek mechanic from Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is designed-for-digital and circumvents this.

A special kind of tutor are the wishes, which may search for cards outside of the game.

Search from top N cards of library

To cut down on shuffling, R&D has started to do more effects where you "tutor" just from a handful of cards from the top of your library, usually four or five. Anything else that colors can do is what they can do here.[4][5][6]

Types

Search for any card

Alpha had the card Demonic Tutor, which locked black in as the primary color to tutor for any type of card. Philosophically, blue is the better color to have this ability, but so far no changes have been made.[4]

Specific mana costs

See also: Transmute.

Color

  • Conflux (a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card, and a green card)

Multicolored

Search for artifacts

Blue is the primary color to get any type of artifact. White tends to focus on certain subsets such as Equipment and Vehicles.[4]

Artifact creature

Equipment

Vehicle

Search for enchantments

White is the color that searches the library for enchantments.[4]

Aura

Curse

Rune

Saga

Shrine

Search for planeswalkers

White is the color that cares the most about planeswalkers, so it's the color that can tutor for them.[8]

Search for battles

Search for creatures

Green is the primary color to tutor for creatures.[4][9][10] Sometimes it will even put them directly onto the battlefield. All colors have access to tutoring for specific creature types that are in their color. Red, for example, can tutor for Dragons.

Green creature

Dinosaur

Doctor

Dragon

Elf

Goblin

Mercenary

Merfolk

Rebel

Sliver

Miscellaneous

Creatures with specific abilities

Searching for lands

Green, being one of the colors most closely associated with land and mana, is the best at tutoring for land.[10] It occasionally will put them directly onto the battlefield. The other four colors are allowed to occasionally tutor for their own basic land type.[4] Lately, white is getting more tutoring for a plains as a catch-up feature when it's behind on land.[8]

See also fetch lands

Plains

Island

Swamp

Mountain

Forest

Land with basic land type

Snow land

Gate

Locus

Sphere

Basic land

Search for instants and sorceries

When tutoring, the two instants and sorceries are often put together. This is primary blue.[4] Occasionally red may search out red instants and sorceries (usually to get things like direct damage spells). As "spells matter" has become a common blue-red archetype, R&D has started letting red do this.[8]

Instant

Instant or card with flash

Card with flashback or Disturb

Sorcery

Trap

Arcane

Search for permanent types

Search for legendary cards

Search for a legendary creature

Search for named cards

See also: Partner with.

Herald cycle

From Planeswalker Decks

These cards are all from Planeswalker Decks and search in the library or in the graveyard for the related planeswalker.

Cards named like themselves

Search for a copy

These cards let you search for a card with the same name as another one.

These old cards have had errata removing the word "copy" since they're not copies in the usual sense.

Noted cards

Cards that were named and noted down during a Conspiracy Draft.

Search an opponent's library

See also: Lobotomy.

References

  1. ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 26, 2016). "Are there any chances for transfigure making a comeback?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  2. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 27, 2017). "Could we please get more cards that search things, even very specific things?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  3. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 02, 2018). "With the downshift of full tutoring (particularly for lands) is the primary reason because it takes so much time to shuffle?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 20, 2017). "Is there a nickname anyone in R&D uses for the cards with mechanics like on Commune with the Gods or Vessel of Nascency?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  6. ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 03, 2017). "You say cards that "look at the top N cards of the library rather than tutoring" are a trend.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  7. ↑ Gavin Verhey (June 30, 2016). "Pandora's Toolbox". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. ↑ a b c Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021 Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  9. ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 17, 2017). "Is there a conscious effort in R&D to make green the best tutor color?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  10. ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (May 19, 2017). "Isn't green also the best land tutoring color?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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