Shimmer of Possibility
Sorcery
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #17431
Shimmer of Possibility looks at four cards and puts the best one in your hand — a clean two-mana instant that digs deeper than Opt for only one more mana. Bulk rare, zero debate: it earns its slot in any blue deck that wants cheap card selection.
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, Shimmer of Possibility is a reliable cantrip in decks that need to hit a specific piece — tutors, combo enablers, or a land on time — without spending three or four mana on a draw spell. Pauper is where it sees its most competitive action, filling out blue control and tempo lists that prize instant-speed selection at low cost. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by Serum Visions and Opt, which smooth draws more efficiently or replace themselves unconditionally. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken cantrips that Shimmer of Possibility never makes the cut. Oathbreaker treats it the same as Commander — fine role-player, never a headliner.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Shimmer of Possibility is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without a second thought. That price isn't going anywhere; it's a one-of cantrip with no competitive demand outside Pauper, so there's no pressure to pick up copies now or later.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.