TYPE
Sorcery

ABILITY
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

FLAVOR TEXT
"Alas for Saruman! The palantir was his downfall, I now perceive. Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves." —Gandalf

ILLUSTRATOR
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP PT ZH-CN

RULINGS

• 2004-10-04 You must choose a card if there are any in your library.
• 2013-04-15 Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
• 2013-04-15 You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.