Scout's Warning

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Scout's Warning: Instant, Future Sight. The next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash. Draw a card. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}
Mana value
1
Type
Instant
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Future Sight (FUT)
Released
2007-05-04
Collector number
16
Artist
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Commander rank
14,258 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Scout's Warning

Scout's Warning is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white instant from Future Sight (FUT), an expansion set released in May 2007. It is collector number 16 in that set, with art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Future Sight (2007) to Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.54 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

The next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash.

Draw a card.

"There is no tactic I enjoy more than ambushing the ambushers."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.54 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Scout's Warning by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Scout's Warning

Scout's Warning has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #6Mythic2025

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Scout's Warning, newest first.

  • You cannot use this effect to play Dryad Arbor during an opponent's turn.
  • You don't choose a creature card when Scout's Warning resolves. Rather, this sets up a rule that is true for you until the turn ends or until you cast a creature card, even if you cast that creature at a time you normally could.
  • After Scout's Warning resolves, you can suspend a creature card in your hand any time you can cast an instant. As soon as you actually cast a creature card, you lose this capability.
  • If you cast multiple Scout's Warnings on the same turn, they'll all apply to the very next creature spell you cast.

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