Pieces of the Puzzle
Sorcery
Reveal the top five cards of your library. Put up to two instant and/or sorcery cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17059
Pieces of the Puzzle draws you two instants or sorceries off the top of your library for three mana — the rest go to the graveyard, which is a bonus in any deck that wants them there. It's a clean role-player in spell-heavy Commander builds and a staple in Pauper, where the card pool makes every instant and sorcery count.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pieces of the Puzzle belongs in decks where the graveyard is a resource — storm, spellslinger, or Kess-style recursion builds get full value from both the hand and the mill. In Pauper, it's a legitimate staple: at common, two guaranteed instants or sorceries for three mana at sorcery speed is competitive filtering, and the format's restricted card pool means the hits are almost always good. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage all have faster and more efficient card selection, so Pieces of the Puzzle doesn't compete there. Pioneer sits in a similar spot — functional, but rarely the right call when alternatives exist.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pieces of the Puzzle is a common with multiple printings, so copies are reliably cheap — expect to find it well under a dollar at most retailers. It's an easy pickup: the low price means there's no reason to hesitate if your spell-heavy Commander deck needs the effect.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.