Brilliant Plan

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Brilliant Plan: Sorcery, Global Series Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling. Draw three cards. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Global Series Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling (GS1)
Released
2018-06-22
Collector number
17
Artist
Yutaka Li
Commander rank
21,396 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Brilliant Plan

Brilliant Plan is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue sorcery from Global Series Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling (GS1), a Duel Decks release released in June 2018. It is collector number 17 in that set, with art by Yutaka Li. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Portal Three Kingdoms (1999) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Draw three cards.

A heaven-sent vision is like a lantern to guide the way.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Brilliant Plan by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Brilliant Plan

Brilliant Plan has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #GS1-17Uncommon2024
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #70833Uncommon2018
Commander 2013 (C13) #34Uncommon2013
Masters Edition III (ME3) #32Common2009
Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK) #36Uncommon1999

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