Prying Eyes
Instant
Draw four cards, then discard two cards.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #22197
Prying Eyes draws you cards equal to the number of opponents who have more cards in hand than you, then lets you discard down to seven — a catch-up spell that scales directly off how behind you are. At four mana at instant speed it's a fine rate when it fires for two or three cards, but in a pod where you're ahead or even, it can whiff entirely.
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, Prying Eyes earns its slot in decks that expect to fall behind on cards — blue control builds and wheels decks that empty their own hand deliberately can reliably trigger it against multiple opponents. Outside Commander, the effect is too variance-dependent: in one-on-one formats like Modern or Legacy, Prying Eyes draws exactly one card if your opponent has more than you, making it a strict downgrade to Divination at best. Pauper has access to the card, but dedicated draw spells with no conditional ceiling — Think Twice, Preordain — outclass it in any structured list. Stick to multiplayer Commander, where three opponents means three potential cards and the math finally works in your favor.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Prying Eyes is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. There's no meaningful price floor to speak of, and no trajectory that changes that; it's a common draw spell with a niche conditional, not a staple anyone is hunting down.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.