Extrapolate the Impossible — ruling 1

The other card stays outside the game.

Extrapolate the Impossible — ruling 2

In a casual game, a card you choose from outside the game comes from your personal collection. In a tournament event, a card you choose from outside the game must come from your sideboard. In Limited events, your sideboard also includes an arbitrary number of basic lands. You may look at your sideboard at any time.

Extrapolate the Impossible : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Extrapolate the Impossible is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

You may reveal exactly two cards you own with different names from outside the game. An opponent chooses one of them. You put that card into your hand.

How it works : Extrapolate the Impossible

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
The other card stays outside the game.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
In a casual game, a card you choose from outside the game comes from your personal collection. In a tournament event, a card you choose from outside the game must come from your sideboard. In Limited events, your sideboard also includes an arbitrary number of basic lands. You may look at your sideboard at any time.
No other card is named in this ruling.