Paradigm Shift
Paradigm Shift: Sorcery, Weatherlight. Exile all cards from your library. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Weatherlight (WTH)
- Released
- 1997-06-09
- Collector number
- 46
- Artist
- Cliff Nielsen
- Commander rank
- 15,822 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Paradigm Shift
Paradigm Shift is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Weatherlight (WTH), an expansion set released in June 1997. It is collector number 46 in that set, with art by Cliff Nielsen. 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 and PreDH. Weatherlight is its only printing so far. It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Exile all cards from your library. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.
"Barrin always said that reality is relative. 'The world,' he cautioned, 'is but pieces of one's perception.'" -Ertai, wizard adept
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.40 (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 Paradigm Shift by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Paradigm Shift.
- This card won’t be put into your graveyard until after it’s finished resolving, which means it won’t be shuffled into your library as part of its own effect.
Similar cards
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