Calculated Dismissal
Instant
ORIMagic Origins#48common
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 896
- Illustrator
- Karl Kopinski
- Found in
- Magic Origins MTGO Redemption · Magic Origins MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 
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Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, scry 2. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
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Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, scry 2. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)Plays as:
ScryCounterspellLibrary Manipulation
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Rulings
3 · latest Jun 22, 2015
- WotCJun 22, 2015
Check to see if there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard as the spell resolves to determine whether the spell mastery ability applies. The spell itself won’t count because it’s still on the stack as you make this check.
- WotCJun 22, 2015
If the spell mastery ability applies, you’ll scry 2 even if the controller of the spell pays
. - WotCJun 22, 2015
In one unusual situation, you can cast Calculated Dismissal targeting an instant or sorcery spell you control while there is one instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. In this situation, if you decline to pay
, the spell will be countered and put into your graveyard. The spell mastery ability will then apply and you’ll scry 2.