Muse's Encouragement
Instant
Create a 3/3 blue and red Elemental creature token with flying.
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25653
Muse's Encouragement nets you a card and puts a +1/+1 counter or a scry on the stack for one mana — that's a lot of work for a common. It's a strict role-player rather than a staple, but in decks that care about instants, counters, or both, it punches above its price tag.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the primary home for Muse's Encouragement, specifically in Spellslinger or Heroic-style builds that want cheap instants to trigger prowess, magecraft, or similar effects while keeping the hand full. In 1v1 formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, a one-mana cantrip that doesn't replace itself immediately is too slow — Opt and Brainstorm exist. Pauper is the one competitive format where Muse's Encouragement could find a niche, since the pool of one-mana instant-speed draw is narrower, though the modal choice between scry 2 and a +1/+1 counter is rarely better than a straight cantrip at that cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Muse's Encouragement is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. It's not a card whose price moves, so buy it when you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.