The Magic Mirror

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The Magic Mirror: Legendary Artifact, Throne of Eldraine. This spell costs 1 less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}{U}{U}{U}
Mana value
9
Type
Legendary Artifact
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Throne of Eldraine (ELD)
Released
2019-10-04
Collector number
51
Artist
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Commander rank
4,920 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About The Magic Mirror

The Magic Mirror is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue legendary artifact from Throne of Eldraine (ELD), an expansion set released in October 2019. It is collector number 51 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {6}{U}{U}{U} (six generic and three blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 9. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.82 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.

You have no maximum hand size.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a knowledge counter on The Magic Mirror, then draw a card for each knowledge counter on The Magic Mirror.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.82 (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 The Magic Mirror by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of The Magic Mirror

The Magic Mirror has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #345Mythic2019
Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #51pMythic2019
Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #51sMythic2019

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to The Magic Mirror, newest first.

  • If a split card is both an instant card and a sorcery card, it's only counted once for The Magic Mirror's cost reduction ability.
  • Once you announce that you're casting a spell, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change by how much a relic's cost is reduced.
  • The cost reduction ability reduces only the generic mana in the relic's cost. The colored mana must still be paid.
  • If The Magic Mirror leaves the battlefield while its last ability is on the stack, the ability will use the number of knowledge counters The Magic Mirror had before leaving the battlefield to determine how many cards you'll draw.
  • Adventurer cards aren't instant or sorcery cards while they're in your graveyard.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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