Peer Through the Spyglass
Sorcerous Spyglass is a concise tool for information and disruption. As it enters the battlefield you see an opponent’s hand and name a card, giving you immediate intel and a method to lock out key activated abilities. The artwork shows a focused lookout peering through a brass spyglass at distant ships, which suits the card’s simple, surgical role in control and disruption decks. Play it early to shape lines of play and deny opponents their pivotal activations.
Experienced players value Sorcerous Spyglass for its low cost and high impact. It does not destroy permanents or exile cards, yet it changes interactions by preventing activated abilities from sources with the chosen name unless those abilities are mana abilities. Use it to silence combo engines, shut down planeswalker ultimates that rely on activations, or force opponents to play around the information you gained. Add one to your sideboard or main deck when you want a compact, reliable answer that reads hands as well as locks down threats. Pick one up and slot it into your list to close information gaps and improve matchup planning.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}
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Card Type – Artifact
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Subtypes –
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
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