Daze
Daze: Instant, Mystery Booster 2. You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 26
- Artist
- Min Yum
- Commander rank
- 3,098 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Daze
Daze is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 26 in that set, with art by Min Yum. 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 Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Pauper and Historic. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Nemesis (2000) to Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.57 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Daze by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Banned |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Daze
Daze has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #145 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #15 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #80 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1934 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #DD2-23 | Common | 2019 |
| Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #12 | Special | 2017 |
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #44 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra (JVC) #23 | Common | 2014 |
| Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra (DD2) #23 | Common | 2008 |
| World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #tvdl30sb | Common | 2000 |
| Nemesis (NEM) #30 | Common | 2000 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Daze.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as the alternative cost of Daze), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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