Comparative Analysis
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Oath of the GatewatchOGW · #51
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.21 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.36 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Target player draws two cards.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Willian Murai
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-01-22
Flavour text
"Our time grows short. If we wish to vanquish the Eldrazi, we must unlock the hedrons' secrets." —Jace Beleren
Rulings
Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn't change its mana cost or its mana value.
For some cards, surge represents only an alternative cost, a discount that applies if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn. Other cards, like Reckless Bushwhacker, have additional abilities or effects if you paid the surge cost to cast the spell.
If an instant or sorcery spell cast for its surge cost is copied, the copy is also considered to have had its surge cost paid.
The other spell that you or a teammate cast can be one that's resolved, one that was countered, or (for instants with surge) one that's still on the stack.