Scout's Warning
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 0.74 € · ★ 1.50 € · 1.02 $ · ★ 1.44 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
The next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash. Draw a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Viacom
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-11-21
Rulings
After Scout's Warning resolves, you can suspend a creature card in your hand any time you can cast an instant. As soon as you actually cast a creature card, you lose this capability.
If you cast multiple Scout's Warnings on the same turn, they'll all apply to the very next creature spell you cast.
You cannot use this effect to play Dryad Arbor during an opponent's turn.
You don't choose a creature card when Scout's Warning resolves. Rather, this sets up a rule that is true for you until the turn ends or until you cast a creature card, even if you cast that creature at a time you normally could.