Might Beyond Reason
~$0.14 low · ~$0.38 high
Green. Instant
Shadows over Innistrad #217 · Illustrated by Craig J Spearing
Shadows over Innistrad #217 · Illustrated by Craig J SpearingWhat is Might Beyond Reason worth?
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Oracle text
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Delirium — Put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Format legality
The only printing of Might Beyond Reason
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadows over Innistrad soi #217· 2016common· Cardmarket €0.04 · €0.18 foil | common | $0.14 | $0.38 | €0.04€0.18 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #27,207 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Delirium
- Artist
- Craig J Spearing
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Shadows over Innistrad card (#217).
217 · SOI · C · EN
- 217Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- SOISet code for Shadows over Innistrad
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Card breakdown
The parts of Might Beyond Reason, read from the Shadows over Innistrad printing. Tap a label to highlight its line. How to read any Magic card.
- Top: name and cost
- Art and type line
- Text box
- Bottom: stats and the info line
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Top: name and cost
Art and type line
Text box
Bottom: stats and the info line
Rulings (5)
2016-04-08
The number of card types matters, not the number of cards. For example, Wicker Witch (an artifact creature) along with Catalog (an instant) and Chaplain's Blessing (a sorcery) will enable delirium.
2016-04-08
In some rare cases, you can have a token or a copy of a spell in your graveyard at the moment that an object's delirium ability counts the card types among cards in your graveyard, before that token or copy ceases to exist. Because tokens and copies of spells are not cards, even if they are copies of cards, their types will never be counted.
2016-04-08
Some delirium abilities that appear on instants and sorceries use the word "instead." These spells have an upgraded effect when they resolve if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. They check that number only while they're resolving and don't count themselves, since they aren't in your graveyard yet. You only get the upgraded effect, not both effects.
2016-04-08
The card types in Magic are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Supertypes (such as legendary and basic) and subtypes (such as Human and Equipment) are not counted.
2016-04-08
Because you consider only the characteristics of a double-faced card's front face while it's not on the battlefield, the types of its back face won't be counted for delirium.
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