Mysterious Stranger
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flash
When this creature enters, for each graveyard with an instant or sorcery card in it, exile target instant or sorcery card from that graveyard. If two or more cards are exiled this way, choose one of them at random and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2024-03-08
You cast the copy while Mysterious Stranger’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.
- 2024-03-08
If a spell has X in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- 2024-03-08
If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
- 2024-03-08
If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the card.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Mysterious Stranger, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caesar, Legion's Emperor | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 1 deck
Mysterious Stranger price history
The Fallout #63 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.33 | $5.97 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.33 | $5.97 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.32 | $5.97 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.33 | $5.97 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.33 | $5.78 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.31 | $5.78 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.30 | $5.78 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.31 | $5.78 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.31 | $5.85 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.32 | $5.85 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.36 | $5.85 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.36 | $5.86 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.35 | $5.86 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.33 | $5.68 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.35 | $5.68 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Mysterious Stranger
4 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 publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Showcase
- Normal
- $2.63
- Foil
- $3.51
- Foil
- $6.94
- Normal
- $0.33
- Foil
- $5.97
Showcase
- Foil
- $24.47
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Mysterious Stranger. It runs a name search across every version, which covers 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.
