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Once Upon a Time 
Instant
Oracle Text
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Once Upon a Time, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 5 | 3.2 | 161 | 3 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 71
Non-foil
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Once Upon a Time
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (30)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
- 1 Augur of Autumn
- 1 Courser of Kruphix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
- 1 Emrakul, the World Anew
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Tranquil Frillback
- 1 Thought-Knot Seer
- 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
- 1 Primeval Titan
- 1 World Breaker
- 1 Arboreal Grazer
- 1 Delighted Halfling
Sorceries (11)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (55)
- 1 Arid Archway
- 1 Blast Zone
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Castle Garenbrig
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Echoing Deeps
- 1 Eldrazi Temple
- 1 Eye of Ugin
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Glacial Chasm
- 1 Guildless Commons
- 1 Havenwood Battleground
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 1 Lair of the Hydra
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mouth of Ronom
- 1 Petrified Field
- 1 Pit of Offerings
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Radiant Fountain
- 1 Riveteers Overlook
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
- 12 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Vesuva
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (31)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
- 1 Augur of Autumn
- 1 Courser of Kruphix
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Emrakul, the World Anew
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Fierce Empath
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Scute Swarm
- 1 Tranquil Frillback
- 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Primeval Titan
- 1 Woodland Bellower
- 1 Arboreal Grazer
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Reclaimer
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (54)
- 1 Arid Archway
- 1 Blast Zone
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Castle Garenbrig
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Echoing Deeps
- 1 Eye of Ugin
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 13 Forest
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Gingerbread Cabin
- 1 Glacial Chasm
- 1 Guildless Commons
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 1 Horizon of Progress
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Petrified Field
- 1 Pit of Offerings
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Radiant Fountain
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Riveteers Overlook
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Sunken Citadel
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Vesuva
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya Hollow
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (31)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
- 1 Augur of Autumn
- 1 Courser of Kruphix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
- 1 Emrakul, the World Anew
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Six
- 1 Tranquil Frillback
- 1 Thought-Knot Seer
- 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
- 1 Primeval Titan
- 1 World Breaker
- 1 Arboreal Grazer
Sorceries (11)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (55)
- 1 Arid Archway
- 1 Blast Zone
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Castle Garenbrig
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Echoing Deeps
- 1 Eldrazi Temple
- 1 Eye of Ugin
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Glacial Chasm
- 1 Guildless Commons
- 1 Havenwood Battleground
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 1 Lair of the Hydra
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mouth of Ronom
- 1 Petrified Field
- 1 Pit of Offerings
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Radiant Fountain
- 1 Riveteers Overlook
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
- 12 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Vesuva
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
- 1 Augur of Autumn
- 1 Courser of Kruphix
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
- 1 Emrakul, the World Anew
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Six
- 1 Tranquil Frillback
- 1 Thought-Knot Seer
- 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
- 1 Primeval Titan
- 1 World Breaker
- 1 Arboreal Grazer
Sorceries (11)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (55)
- 1 Arid Archway
- 1 Blast Zone
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Castle Garenbrig
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Echoing Deeps
- 1 Eldrazi Temple
- 1 Eye of Ugin
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Glacial Chasm
- 1 Guildless Commons
- 1 Havenwood Battleground
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 1 Lair of the Hydra
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mouth of Ronom
- 1 Petrified Field
- 1 Pit of Offerings
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Radiant Fountain
- 1 Riveteers Overlook
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
- 12 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Vesuva
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth