Eureka Moment
Eureka Moment: Instant, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Draw two cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 308
- Artist
- Anna Steinbauer
- Commander rank
- 1,971 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Eureka Moment
Eureka Moment is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue and green instant from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 308 in that set, with art by Anna Steinbauer. It costs {2}{G}{U} (two generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue and green. 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 4 sets, from Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Draw two cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
"At first, the equations were simply numbers. But in those numbers I saw a story, and in that story I saw a pattern, and suddenly it all fit together!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Eureka Moment 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 Eureka Moment
Eureka Moment has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #216 | Common | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #260 | Common | 2024 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #184 | Common | 2021 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Eureka Moment.
- Putting a land card from your hand onto the battlefield is not the same as playing a land. You may do it even if you have already played a land on your turn, or if you're casting Eureka Moment on your opponent's turn.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Eureka Moment is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.