Curate
Curate: Instant, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Surveil 2. Draw a card. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 99
- Artist
- Ryan Valle
- Commander rank
- 4,663 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil
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About Curate
Curate is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 99 in that set, with art by Ryan Valle. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Draw a card.
"Aha! This must be one of the ancient keys to... No, wait. It's just another puzzle toy."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Curate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Curate
Curate has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Brothers' War (BRO) #44 | Common | 2022 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #40 | Common | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Curate, newest first.
- You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
- When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Curate is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.