Comparative Analysis
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch #51 (common)
- Price
- $0.06 USD
Surge {2}{U} (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.
Comparative Analysis has 1 printing, first in Oath of the Gatewatch (2016). EDHREC ranks it #21,550 among Commander cards. It appears most in Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound decks (302 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Comparative Analysis most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound: 302 decks
- Donatello, the Brains: 1 decks
- Ray Fillet, Man Ray: 1 decks
Often played with Comparative Analysis
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn't change its mana cost or its mana value.
- : 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.
- : 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.