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Ponder

Current Era

MagicFest 2025 · #2 · rare · 2025

Sorcery

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Market reference

$7.95

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Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Collector number: 2 / 19
Release year: 2025
Rarity: rare
Illustrator: Mark Zug
Colors: U
Frame: future
Border: black
Finishes: foil
Printed: 2025-02-03

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Draw
Mana value: 1
Type: Sorcery

Also does

Sorcery

Strategy & play

How Ponder plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.

How to beat Ponder

KO it to choke their draw / search engine.

Competitive performance

From real Pauper tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 7% of decks; 3.1 copies on average · 10 decks

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Deem Inferior

in 50% of decks · 5 seen

Thought Scour

in 70% of decks · 7 seen

Mental Note

in 70% of decks · 7 seen

Annul

in 80% of decks · 8 seen

Brainstorm

in 90% of decks · 9 seen

Counterspell

in 90% of decks · 9 seen

Murmuring Mystic

in 70% of decks · 7 seen

Dispel

in 60% of decks · 6 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Faithless Looting

$0.42 · in 14% of decks

Highway Robbery

$0.37 · in 13% of decks

Preordain

$2.54 · in 8% of decks

Ponder

$2.29 · in 7% of decks

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About this card

Mana cost: {U}

Type: Sorcery

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

tlrLegal

duelLegal

brawlLegal

predhLegal

legacyLegal

modernBanned

pauperLegal

vintageLegal

historicLegal

timelessLegal

commanderLegal

gladiatorLegal

oathbreakerLegal

paupercommanderLegal

competitivebrawlLegal

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

Scryfall pricing

Variant	Price
USD (foil)	$7.95
EUR (foil)	€8.75

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Ponder is real?

Ponder is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Ponder worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ponder is $7.95; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Ponder from?

Ponder is from the Magic: The Gathering set "MagicFest 2025" in the promo series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Ponder?

Ponder is a rare card in the MagicFest 2025 set.