Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball: Artifact, Commander 2018. 1, Tap: Scry 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2018 (C18)
- Released
- 2018-08-10
- Collector number
- 201
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Keywords
- Scry
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About Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Commander 2018 (C18), a Commander product released in August 2018. It is collector number 201 in that set, with art by Ron Spencer. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Magic 2011 (2010) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.66 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
{1}, {T}: Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
It glints with arcane truths to those who know how to glimpse them.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.66 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Crystal Ball by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Wizards Play Network 2026 (PW26) #21 | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #C18-201 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Magic 2011 (M11) #203 | Uncommon | 2010 |
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.