Peer Past the Veil

Peer Past the Veil

Mana Cost: {2}{R}{G}

Type: Instant

Oracle Text:
Discard your hand. Then draw X cards, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Power/Toughness: -/-

Rarity: rare

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Duskmourn: House of Horror

Price ( USD): $0.18

USD: $0.18 · EUR: €0.14

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Character Background

Peer Past the Veil is a high-variance card that excels in value and graveyard-focused builds: at instant speed for {2}{R}{G} you empty your hand and replace it with a number of cards equal to how many different card types lurk in your graveyard, rewarding decks that deliberately diversify the yard. It best supports value and combo strategies that both want specific pieces and plan to leverage the graveyard afterward — think self-mill midrange or combo shells that need recursion or specific types in the yard. Practical synergies include running a small suite of artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers or lands that you can mill or sacrifice (or a one-of planeswalker package), plus cheap self-mill or discard outlets like Faithless Looting-style effects, Satyr Wayfinder, or tutors to reliably hit multiple types. Use it as a cleanup or sculpt tool after casting big spells so you don’t brick, and remember it’s instant speed: cast it in response to a discard or before a graveyard recursion window to maximize both refill and future synergies.

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