Heed the Mists
Sorcery — Arcane
Mill a card, then draw cards equal to the milled card's mana value.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #24975
Heed the Mists draws you cards equal to the power of a creature you control — which sounds great until you clock that it costs five mana at sorcery speed with no built-in protection. In any deck that can consistently present a creature with 5+ power, it pulls its weight; everywhere else, it's outclassed by cheaper, more reliable draw.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Heed the Mists is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its relevance is almost entirely limited to Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, five-mana sorceries that don't immediately win the game or generate mana don't make the cut — those formats end too quickly and demand immediate impact. Modern has cheaper, more efficient card draw that doesn't ask you to have a large creature in play. Commander is where Heed the Mists earns its slot: the format's longer games and high-power creature staples let you routinely draw six to twelve cards off a single cast, which is a meaningful swing in multiplayer.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Heed the Mists is deep bulk — pick it out of a common box rather than buying a single. The price is unlikely to climb; it's a narrow card with a small target audience, and its casual appeal keeps it from trending toward zero without pushing it toward relevance.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.