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Experimental Augury, art by Donato Giancola
Art by Donato Giancola · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Experimental Augury

{1}{U} · Instant

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Rulings (6)

Feb 4, 2023 · If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.

Feb 4, 2023 · If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.

Feb 4, 2023 · An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.

Feb 4, 2023 · To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.

Feb 4, 2023 · Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.

Feb 4, 2023 · You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperLegal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · Pauper

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=12 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
4-Color Proliferate PoisonPauper100%12
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Experimental Augury — price trend

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