Preordain
Preordain: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Scry 2, then draw a card. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 161
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Keywords
- Scry
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About Preordain
Preordain is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 161 in that set, with art by Svetlin Velinov. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Historic. It has been printed in 18 sets, from Magic 2011 (2010) to Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.12 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.12 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Preordain by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Preordain
Preordain has been printed in 18 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| MagicFest 2026 (PF26) #7 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #151 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #21 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #86 | Rare | 2026 |
| Store Championships (SCH) #39 | Rare | 2025 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #35 | Common | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #107 | Common | 2024 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #218 | Common | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #809 | Common | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #196 | Common | 2023 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #63 | Common | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #92 | Common | 2022 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.