See the Unwritten
Sorcery
Reveal the top eight cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest into your graveyard.
Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may put two creature cards onto the battlefield instead of one.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.53
- EDHREC rank
- #11603
See the Unwritten puts up to two creatures from the top eight cards of your library directly onto the battlefield — the Ferocious bonus effectively doubles the rate of an already-efficient cheat effect. Six mana is real, but the payoff in a deck built around large creatures is immediate and often game-deciding.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mayael the Anima
Mayael the Anima's entire game plan is cheating fatties into play, and See the Unwritten slots into that as redundancy that doesn't require tapping at end of turn — it can hit mid-combat or in response to a removal spell.
Surrak Dragonclaw
Surrak Dragonclaw decks run a high density of large creatures and want explosively proactive turns; See the Unwritten delivers two of them simultaneously once Ferocious is online, which is rarely hard to achieve in a Temur creature shell.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma makes large creatures cheaper to cast and grants trample, so landing two creatures off See the Unwritten means two threats that can immediately attack through blockers.
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood generates mana from high-power creatures entering the battlefield, so the two creatures See the Unwritten can put into play can immediately fuel the next spell.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where See the Unwritten does its best work — singleton means you want redundant cheat effects, and the Ferocious clause is easy to satisfy in any creature-heavy green deck. In Modern and Pioneer, six mana is too slow without a dedicated ramp shell, and fair creature decks would rather just cast their threats. Legacy has the density of fast mana to make expensive spells viable, but See the Unwritten competes against more consistent cheating engines there. Outside Commander, it's a niche card; inside Commander, it earns a spot in any deck running a critical mass of power-4-or-greater creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.53 bulk tier
At $0.53, See the Unwritten is bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for a card that can swing a Commander game on the spot. That price reflects low demand outside EDH, not low power, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mayael the Anima
- Surrak Dragonclaw
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.