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Gitaxian Probe

Sorcery MV 1

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What it does

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

Look at target player's hand.

Draw a card.

Combos with Gitaxian Probe

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2011-06-01

    To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

  • 2011-06-01

    The targeted player may have no cards in their hand. You'll still draw a card.

  • 2011-06-01

    Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

  • 2011-06-01

    If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

  • 2011-06-01

    A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.

  • 2011-06-01

    As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Gitaxian Probe, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 5
Games played 7
Win rate 28.6%
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Urza, Lord High Artificer 1 5 0%
Vivi Ornitier 1 2 —
https://archidekt.com/decks/23622275/crystal 1 0 —
Veyran, Voice of Duality 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Izzet 2 decks
  • Mono-Blue 1 deck

Every version of Gitaxian Probe

5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Gitaxian Probe — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.