Deep Analysis

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Deep Analysis: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Target player draws two cards. Flashback-1U, Pay 3 life. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
194
Artist
Jesper Ejsing
Commander rank
1,446 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flashback

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About Deep Analysis

Deep Analysis is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 25 sets, from Torment (2002) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Target player draws two cards.

Flashback-{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"No fact escapes me. Why do you think you can?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Deep Analysis by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Deep Analysis

Deep Analysis has been printed in 25 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #149Common2026
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #150Common2025
Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #304Common2024
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #268Uncommon2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #94Common2024
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #100Common2024
Commander Masters (CMM) #86Common2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #188Common2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #46Common2023
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #46Common2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #44Common2022
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #218Common2022

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Deep Analysis, newest first.

  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

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