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*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<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>Final Parting</c> (search for two cards and one of them goes in the graveyard)
*<c>Gamble</c>
*<c>Gamble</c>
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
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*<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>Mausoleum Secrets</c>
*<c>Planar Portal</c>
*<c>Planar Portal</c>
*<c>Razaketh's Rite</c>
*<c>Razaketh's Rite</c>
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====Search for an equipment====
====Search for an equipment====
*<c>Deadeye Quartermaster</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 a vehicle====
*<c>Deadeye Quartermaster</c>


===Search for Enchantments===
===Search for Enchantments===
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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 battlefield)


====Search for a Green creature====
====Search for a Green creature====
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*<c>Dragonstorm</c>
*<c>Dragonstorm</c>
*<c>Imperial Hellkite</c>
*<c>Imperial Hellkite</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>
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*<c>Homing Sliver</c>
*<c>Homing Sliver</c>
*<c>Sliver Overlord</c>
*<c>Sliver Overlord</c>
====[[Dinosaur]]====
*<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]])


====Miscellaneous====
====Miscellaneous====
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*<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]])
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*<c>Lifespinner</c> ([[Legendary]] [[Spirit]])
*<c>Lifespinner</c> ([[Legendary]] [[Spirit]])
*<c>Ratcatcher</c> ([[Rat]])
*<c>Ratcatcher</c> ([[Rat]])
*<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]])
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===Search for an instant or sorcery===
===Search for an instant or sorcery===
*<c>Mystical Tutor</c>
*<c>Mystical Tutor</c>
*<c>Spellseeker</c>


===Search for an instant or card with [[flash]]===
===Search for an instant or card with [[flash]]===
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*<c>Incoming!</c>
*<c>Incoming!</c>
*<c>Skyship Weatherlight</c> (artifact and/or creature)
*<c>Skyship Weatherlight</c> (artifact and/or creature)
*<c>Tezzeret, Artifice Master</c>
*<c>Wargate</c>
*<c>Wargate</c>


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*<c>Avarax</c>
*<c>Avarax</c>
*<c>Behemoth's Herald</c>
*<c>Behemoth's Herald</c>
*<c>Bogbrew Witch</c>
*<c>Dark Supplicant</c>
*<c>Dark Supplicant</c>
*<c>Daru Cavalier</c>
*<c>Daru Cavalier</c>
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*<c>Gigantiform</c>
*<c>Gigantiform</c>
*<c>Howling Wolf</c>
*<c>Howling Wolf</c>
*<c>Infectious Bloodlust</c>
*<c>Kyscu Drake</c>
*<c>Kyscu Drake</c>
*<c>Llanowar Sentinel</c>
*<c>Llanowar Sentinel</c>
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*<c>Urborg Panther</c>
*<c>Urborg Panther</c>
*<c>Welkin Hawk</c>
*<c>Welkin Hawk</c>
===Search for noted cards===
*<c>Aether Searcher</c>
*<c>Smuggler Captain</c>


===Search for a copy===
===Search for a copy===
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*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<c>Diabolic Revelation</c>
*<c>Entomb</c>
*<c>Entomb</c>
*<c>Final Parting</c>
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
*<c>Grim Tutor</c>
*<c>Imperial Seal</c>
*<c>Imperial Seal</c>
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*<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>Scapeshift</c> (Requires the sacrifice of lands but not as an additional cost)
*<c>Tempt with Discovery</c>
*<c>Sylvan Scrying</c>
*<c>Sylvan Scrying</c>
*<c>Tempt with Discovery</c>
*<c>Tempt with Discovery</c>
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====Search for Plains====
====Search for Plains====
*<c>Boreas Charger</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>Knight of the White Orchid</c>
*<c>Knight of the White Orchid</c>
*<c>Kor Cartographer</c>
*<c>Kor Cartographer</c>
*<c>Noble Templar</c>
*<c>Noble Templar</c>
*<c>Oreskos Explorer</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Safewright Quest</c>
*<c>Safewright Quest</c>
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*<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>Nature's Lore</c>
*<c>Nature's Lore</c>
*<c>Nissa's Pilgrimage</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Pale Recluse</c>
*<c>Ranger's Path</c>
*<c>Ranger's Path</c>
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*<c>Absorb Vis</c>
*<c>Absorb Vis</c>
*<c>Armillary Sphere</c>
*<c>Armillary Sphere</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>Caravan Vigil</c>
*<c>Caravan Vigil</c>
*<c>Centaur Rootcaster</c>
*<c>Centaur Rootcaster</c>
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*<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>
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*<c>Harrow</c>
*<c>Harrow</c>
*<c>Horizon Spellbomb</c>
*<c>Horizon Spellbomb</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's Reach</c>
*<c>Kodama's Reach</c>
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*<c>Path to Exile</c>
*<c>Path to Exile</c>
*<c>Pilgrim's Eye</c>
*<c>Pilgrim's Eye</c>
*<c>Pir's Whim</c>
*<c>Primal Growth</c>
*<c>Primal Growth</c>
*<c>Quirion Trailblazer</c>
*<c>Quirion Trailblazer</c>
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*<c>Solemn Simulacrum</c>
*<c>Solemn Simulacrum</c>
*<c>Sprouting Vines</c>
*<c>Sprouting Vines</c>
*<c>Sword of the Animist</c>
*<c>Sylvan Bounty</c>
*<c>Sylvan Bounty</c>
*<c>Sylvan Bounty</c>
*<c>Sylvan Ranger</c>
*<c>Sylvan Ranger</c>
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*<c>Traumatic Visions</c>
*<c>Traumatic Visions</c>
*<c>Traveler's Amulet</c>
*<c>Traveler's Amulet</c>
*<c>Traverse the Outlands</c>
*<c>Traverse the Ulvenwald</c>
*<c>Traverse the Ulvenwald</c>
*<c>Untamed Wilds</c>
*<c>Untamed Wilds</c>
*<c>Verdant Confluence</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>Wild-Field Scarecrow</c>
*<c>Wild-Field Scarecrow</c>

Revision as of 14:18, 16 November 2018

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

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.

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]

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]

Rules

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Types

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]

Searching for cards with specific mana costs

See also: Transmute.

Search for any colored card

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

Search for a multicolored card

Search for a card with the same name as a card in your hand

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]

Search for an artifact creature

Search for an equipment

Search for a vehicle

Search for Enchantments

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

Search for an Aura

Search for a Curse

Search for Planeswalkers

Three cards have done this (outside of the Planeswalker decks), and all of them have been white.[4]

Search for Creatures

Green is the primary color to tutor for creatures.[4][8][9] 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.

Search for a Green creature

Dragon

Elf

Goblin

Mercenary

Merfolk

Rebel

Sliver

Dinosaur

Miscellaneous

Search for creatures with specific abilities

Search for Instants

When tutoring, the two Instants and Sorceries are often put together and blue seeks them out.[4]

Search for a Trap

Search for a sorcery

Search for an instant or sorcery

Search for an instant or card with flash

Search for an Arcane card

Search for permanent types

Search for Legendary cards

Search for a legendary creature

Search for named cards

Search for noted cards

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.)

Search an opponent's Library

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

White

Blue

Black

Red

Green

Red/Green

Green/White

Green/Blue

Green/Black

White/Blue

Blue/Black

Green/White/Blue

White/Blue/Black

White/Blue/Green

Blue/Black/Red

All

Searching for Lands

Green, being one of the colors most closely associated with land and mana, is the best at tutoring for land.[9] 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] See also Fetch lands

Search for Plains

Search for Island

Search for Swamp

Search for Mountain

Search for Forest

Any land with a basic land type

Search for a Snow land

Search for Gate

Search for any basic land

References

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