Once Upon a Time
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine #169 (rare)
- Price
- $1.02 USD
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Once Upon a Time has 6 printings, first in Throne of Eldraine (2019). EDHREC ranks it #8,877 among Commander cards. It appears most in Beluna Grandsquall // Seek Thrills decks (344 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: banned
- pioneer: banned
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Once Upon a Time most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Beluna Grandsquall // Seek Thrills: 344 decks
- Gorion, Wise Mentor: 218 decks
- Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu: 216 decks
- Thrasta, Tempest's Roar: 133 decks
- Harold and Bob, First Numens: 10 decks
- Syr Faren, the Hengehammer: 8 decks
- Meng Huo, Barbarian King: 2 decks
- Erinis, Gloom Stalker: 2 decks
Often played with Once Upon a Time
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The earliest opportunity you have to cast Once Upon a Time is during the first player's upkeep, before that player can play a land.