---
name: "Sorcerous Spyglass"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "ELD"
set_name: "Throne of Eldraine"
collector_number: "233"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Aaron Miller"
oracle_id: "b2187f45-80ae-4ac4-9f83-5eb7a00978e2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sorcerous-spyglass-eld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sorcerous Spyglass
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sorcerous Sight](/printing/sorcerous-sight-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Seer's Vision](/printing/seers-vision-inv.md) — Enchantment
3. [Pithing Spyglass](/printing/pithing-spyglass-cmb1.md) — Artifact
4. [Defective Detective](/printing/defective-detective-ust.md) — Creature — Human Spy
5. [Eye Spy](/printing/eye-spy-s99.md) — Sorcery
6. [Scrying Glass](/printing/scrying-glass-uds.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #233
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Aaron Miller
- **Total Printings:** 47 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`