Temple of Mystery
Mana Cost: -
Type: Land
Oracle Text:
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Doctor Who
Price ( USD): $0.39
USD: $0.39 · EUR: €0.48
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Character Background
Temple of Mystery is a classic Simic utility land that trades a turn of tempo for reliable color fixing and a free scry, making it best suited to control, midrange, ramp, or value-oriented game plans rather than aggro or hyper-fast combo. The scry 1 on entry turns what would be a painful tapped land into a subtle card-advantage play — great for sculpting answers or finding a second land when you need it — and it meshes particularly well with top-deck manipulators like Brainstorm, Ponder, Opt, or Serum Visions and with fetchlands that convert the scry into a more decisive shuffle-and-find. Deckbuilding tip: include Temple of Mystery in Simic builds that run 24–26 lands and pair it with several untapped early sources (basic Forests/Islands or fast lands) so you don’t lose tempo on turn one, and prioritize interaction and card selection rather than pure speed. Use it as a reliable color fixer in value engines where information is as valuable as immediate mana.
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