Semester Foreseer // Peer Review

Card text

This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

When this creature enters, surveil 1.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.11 (as of 2026-10-23).

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Format legality

Legality of Semester Foreseer // Peer Review by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Semester Foreseer // Peer Review, newest first.

• 2026-08-21 Only the current controller of a prepared creature can cast the copy of its prepare spell in exile. It doesn't matter who owns that creature or who controlled it when it became prepared.
• 2026-08-21 Preparation cards can be cast only with their base characteristics.
• 2026-08-21 If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative prepare spell's name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.
• 2026-08-21 While copies of spells in zones other than the stack cease to exist when state-based actions are checked, this does not apply to copies of prepare spells in exile that were created as a creature became prepared.
• 2026-08-21 Being prepared isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a prepared creature, it won't be prepared. That permanent will have the alternative characteristics, though, and some other effect could cause it to become prepared later.
• 2026-08-21 If a prepared creature stops being a creature, it will still be prepared, and the copy of its prepare spell will remain in exile. That permanent's controller will still be able to cast it. The same is true if a prepared creature becomes a copy of something else, even if it's then a permanent without a prepare spell.
• 2026-08-21 Casting a copy of a prepare spell from exile isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to a copy of a prepare spell cast from exile.
• 2026-08-21 If a prepare spell with one or more targets has no legal targets when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Since the spell was cast, the associated permanent will still not be prepared.

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