Future Sight mechanic
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The Future Sight mechanic is where a player can cast spells from the top of their library, based on the eponymous Future Sight.
Description
The original text is "Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library."[1][2] Later designs toned down the stream of card advantage, narrowing the type of cards playable and often excluding lands, giving the opponent some breathing room. Additionally, whether the controller looks at the top card or keeps it revealed varies; however, knowing the top card to be cast is the distinctive aspect of this mechanic.
Card List
Once per turn
- Assemble the Players (creature with power 2 or less)
- Cemetery Illuminator (matching card type)
- Descendants' Path (matches subtype)
- Explorer's Scope (land)
- Galvanoth (instant or sorcery)
- Into the Wilds (land)
- Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer (instant or sorcery)
- A-Lantern of Revealing (land)
- Lantern of Revealing (land)
- Leaf-Crowned Elder (matches subtype)
- Nissa, Steward of Elements (land or creature costing less than loyalty)
- Parcelbeast (land)
- Raiders' Karve (land)
- Risen Reef (land)
- Rulik Mons, Warren Chef (land)
- The Fourth Doctor (a Historic land or a Historic spell)
- Ziatora's Envoy (mana value less than damage dealt)
Unbound
- Augur of Autumn (lands and creatures)
- Bolas's Citadel (pay life)
- Case of the Locked Hothouse (lands, enchantments and creatures)
- Conspicuous Snoop (Goblins)
- Courser of Kruphix (lands)
- Eladamri, Korvecdal (creatures)
- Elsha of the Infinite (noncreatures)
- Elven Chorus (creatures)
- Emperor Mihail II (Merfolk)
- Errant and Giada (flash or flying)
- Experimental Frenzy
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver (nonland)
- Fblthp, Lost on the Range (plotting variant)
- Future Sight
- Galea, Kindler of Hope (Aura or Equipment)
- Garruk's Horde (creatures)
- Isu the Abominable (snow)
- Korlessa, Scale Singer (Dragons)
- Lila, Hospitality Hostess (commons)
- Magus of the Future
- Melek, Izzet Paragon (instants or sorceries)
- Mystic Forge (colorless spells or artifacts)
- Nalia de'Arnise (Party spells)
- One with the Multiverse
- Oracle of Mul Daya (lands)
- Precognition Field (instants or sorceries)
- Radha, Heart of Keld (lands)
- Ranger Class (creatures)
- The Belligerent
- The Reality Chip
- Realmwalker (chosen subtype)
- Sigarda, Font of Blessings (Angels or Humans)
- Verge Rangers (lands)
- Vivien, Monsters' Advocate (creatures)
- Vizier of the Menagerie (creatures)
- Wickerwing Effigy (creatures)
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin (opponent's library)
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 26, 2023). "Stepping into the Ring, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 10, 2023). ""You can look at the top card of your library at any time" should literally just be called Futuresight.". Blogatog. Tumblr.