Mission Briefing
Mission Briefing: Instant, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 110
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
- Commander rank
- 4,884 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil
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About Mission Briefing
Mission Briefing is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 110 in that set, with art by Matt Stewart. It costs {U}{U} (two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. 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 3 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (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 Mission Briefing by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mission Briefing
Mission Briefing has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #44 | Rare | 2018 |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #44p | Rare | 2018 |
| Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #44s | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Mission Briefing, newest first.
- You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
- When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
- The instant or sorcery card you choose may be one that you just surveilled into your graveyard.
- If you cast a spell this way and that card is exiled, it's considered a new object in the zone it's put into. It won't be exiled if it's put into your graveyard later in the turn.
- Mission Briefing is still on the stack while you choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. Your Mission Briefing can't be to give yourself that same Mission Briefing.
- Mission Briefing doesn't change when you can cast the chosen card. For example, if you choose a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Mission Briefing is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.