Encounter the Unknown · MagicFest 2026
Instant · Rare · #18
Format legality
Card facts
- Mana value
- 3
- Color identity
- R
- Type line
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- 2026
- Artist
- Eugene Maslovski
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