Banned

Mystical Tutor

Instant · {U}

Mystical Tutor by David O'Connor
Mirage · MIR 80

Rationale

Why banned

Mystical Tutor fetches any instant or sorcery to the top of the library for a single blue mana at instant speed, acting as a fourth copy of any combo piece and enabling degenerate consistency. Banned at the format's founding.

Oracle text

What the card does

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Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Format authority

Cited from premodernmagic.com

Per Martin Berlin's Premodern format-authority site: premodernmagic.com/rules . premodernmtg.com mirrors the canonical banlist within 24 hours of any update.

Full analysis

The combo, the data, and the new metagame

Banned 2003-05-26. Rationale: Mystical Tutor fetches any instant or sorcery to the top of the library for a single blue mana at instant speed, acting as a fourth copy of any combo piece and enabling degenerate consistency. Banned at the format’s founding. Source: Martin Berlin, premodernmagic.com.

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