Psychic Spiral
Psychic Spiral: Instant, Return to Ravnica. Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player mills that many cards. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica (RTR)
- Released
- 2012-10-05
- Collector number
- 47
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
- Commander rank
- 10,665 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mill
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About Psychic Spiral
Psychic Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Return to Ravnica (RTR), an expansion set released in October 2012. It is collector number 47 in that set, with art by Ryan Pancoast. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. Return to Ravnica is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player mills that many cards.
An elocutor forces criminals to confess to the laws they merely intended to break.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (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 Psychic Spiral 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Psychic Spiral, newest first.
- Psychic Spiral won’t be shuffled into your library, and it won’t be counted when determining how many cards the target player puts into their graveyard. It will be put into your graveyard after you follow its instructions.
- If you cast Psychic Spiral when there are no cards in your graveyard, you’ll still shuffle your library.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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