Three Wishes
~$3.85 TCGplayer
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Visions #45 · Illustrated by George Pratt
Visions #45 · Illustrated by George PrattWhat is Three Wishes worth?
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Oracle text
Exile the top three cards of your library face down. You may look at those cards for as long as they remain exiled. Until your next turn, you may play those cards. At the beginning of your next upkeep, put any of those cards you didn't play into your graveyard.
Format legality
The only printing of Three Wishes
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Visions vis #45· 1997rare· Cardmarket €1.73 | rare | $3.85 | €1.73 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1997
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #27,272 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- George Pratt
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Visions card (#45).
Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Three Wishes, read from the Visions printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Three Wishes. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Instant is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Illustration
- By George Pratt. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Visions. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
- Artist
- George Pratt, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (3)
2004-10-04
You can look at the three exiled cards at any time.
2004-10-04
You can only play them before the start of your upkeep. Between the start of your upkeep and putting the extra cards into the graveyard, you can’t play them.
2004-10-04
To “play a card” is to either cast a spell or to put a land onto the battlefield using the main phase special action.
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