Curator of Mysteries

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Curator of Mysteries: Creature - Sphinx, Forgotten Realms Commander. Flying. Whenever you cycle or discard another card, scry 1. Cycling U. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Sphinx
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
81
Artist
Christine Choi
Commander rank
8,053 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Cycling, Flying, Scry

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About Curator of Mysteries

Curator of Mysteries is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC), a Commander product released in July 2021. It is collector number 81 in that set, with art by Christine Choi. It costs {2}{U}{U} (two generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Forgotten Realms Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever you cycle or discard another card, scry 1.

Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

To consult a sphinx is a test in patience. Perhaps that's the point.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (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 Curator of Mysteries by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Curator of Mysteries

Curator of Mysteries has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #58Rare2020
Commander 2020 (C20) #109Rare2020
Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #49★Rare2017
Amonkhet (AKH) #49Rare2017
Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #49sRare2017

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Curator of Mysteries, newest first.

  • An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn't give you permission to discard cards. You'll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.
  • An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.
  • If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.
  • Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.

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