Gitaxian Probe
Gitaxian Probe: Sorcery, Mystery Booster 2. Look at target player's hand. Draw a card. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U/P}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 28
- Artist
- Chippy
- Commander rank
- 524 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Gitaxian Probe
Gitaxian Probe is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue sorcery from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 28 in that set, with art by Chippy. It costs {U/P} to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It is banned in Modern, Legacy and Pauper. It is restricted in Vintage. It has been printed in 6 sets, from New Phyrexia (2011) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.95 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.
"My flesh holds no secrets, monster. The spirit of Mirrodin will fight on." -Vy Covalt, Mirran resistance
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.95 (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 Gitaxian Probe by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Banned |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Banned |
| Vintage | Restricted |
| Pauper | Banned |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Gitaxian Probe
Gitaxian Probe has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2067 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #NPH-35 | Common | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #46869 | Common | 2013 |
| Friday Night Magic 2012 (F12) #12 | Rare | 2012 |
| New Phyrexia (NPH) #35 | Common | 2011 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Gitaxian Probe, newest first.
- To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
- The targeted player may have no cards in their hand. You'll still draw a card.
- Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
- If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
- A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
- As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.