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Curator of Mysteries, art by Christine Choi
Art by Christine Choi · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Curator of Mysteries

{2}{U}{U} · Creature — Sphinx

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, scry 1. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rulings (4)

Apr 18, 2017 · If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.

Apr 18, 2017 · An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn't give you permission to discard cards. You'll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.

Apr 18, 2017 · Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.

Apr 18, 2017 · An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=112 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Temur Cascade RhinosLegacy100%3
Living EndModern89.9%1–4×109
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Curator of Mysteries — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
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