Mirror of Fate 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
, Sacrifice this artifact: Choose up to seven face-up exiled cards you own. Exile all the cards from your library, then put the chosen cards on top of your library.
Complete guide
Mirror of Fate is a unique artifact that allows you to sculpt your future by manipulating the exile zone. It is a powerful tool for decks that exile their own resources or need to reset their library entirely. By trading your current deck for a specific set of exiled cards, you can ensure your next few draws are exactly what you need.
What it Does
Mirror of Fate requires you to tap and sacrifice it as a cost to activate its ability. Upon resolution, you look at all face-up exiled cards you own and select up to seven of them. Then, you exile every single card remaining in your library. Finally, you place those chosen seven cards back on top of your empty library in any order you choose.
How it Resolves Step by Step
First, you activate the ability by paying five mana, tapping the Mirror, and putting it into your graveyard. When the ability resolves, you first choose up to seven face-up exiled cards you own; note that you do not choose these cards when you activate the ability, but only as it resolves. Second, your entire library is moved to the exile zone face up. Third, you place the chosen cards on top of your library. You do not have to reveal the order of these cards to your opponents.
Common Mistakes
A common error is trying to choose face-down exiled cards. Mirror of Fate specifically requires the cards to be face-up. Additionally, remember that the cards you exile from your library during the resolution of the ability are exiled face-up, meaning if you have a second Mirror of Fate or a way to recur the first one, those cards are now valid targets for a future activation. Also, be careful: if you choose zero cards and have no library left, you will lose the game the next time you are required to draw a card.
When to Play It
This card is best played when you have already exiled your win conditions or when your library is nearly empty. It acts as a safety net against deck-out strategies and allows for high-level combo setup. Because it exiles your library first, it essentially 'clears the way' so your next seven draws are guaranteed to be the specific exiled cards you selected.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf Solemn Simulacrum is exiled (perhaps by an opponent's spell), you can activate Mirror of Fate. You choose the exiled Solemn Simulacrum as one of your seven cards. Your library is exiled, and Solemn Simulacrum is placed on top. When you draw it and play it, you can search for a land to begin rebuilding your mana base from your newly thinned library.
The One RingWith The One Ring on the battlefield, you can activate Mirror of Fate to put seven powerful cards from exile on top of your library. Since Mirror of Fate lets you choose the order, you can put the most impactful cards in the first few slots. Then, use the tap ability of The One Ring to immediately draw those specific cards, bypassing the wait of your normal draw step.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Mirror of Fate
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You don’t choose the exiled cards until Mirror of Fate’s ability resolves. It doesn’t matter how they wound up in the exile zone.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Exiled cards are face up by default; they’re face down only if the effect that exiled them said so. For example, the cards from your library that Mirror of Fate exiles are exiled face up.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
You choose the order that the chosen cards are put on top of your library. You don’t have to show anyone else that order.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Mirror of Fate + Thassa's Oracle
- 1Activate Mirror of Fate by tapping and sacrificing it, exiling your library and choosing to put no cards on top of your library.
- 2Cast Thassa's Oracle by paying
. - 3Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, causing you to win the game.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Mirror of Fate
- 1Activate Mirror of Fate to exile your library, choosing to place 0 cards on top of your library.
- 2Activate Jace's +1 ability, causing target player to mill two cards and winning the game.
Fblthp, Impossibly Lost + Mirror of Fate
- 1Activate Mirror of Fate by tapping and sacrificing it, choosing no cards and exiling your library.
- 2Deal combat damage to an opponent using any creature. Fblthp triggers, causing you to win the game.
Osgir, the Reconstructor + Ugin's Nexus + Mirror of Fate + Codex Shredder
- 1Activate Osgir's second ability by paying
, tapping it and exiling Ugin's Nexus from your graveyard, creating two token copies of Ugin's Nexus. - 2Exile one of the Ugin's Nexus copies due to the legend rule, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3Activate Osgir's first ability by paying
and sacrificing the remaining Ugin's Nexus token. - 4The Ugin's Nexus token is exiled instead of being put into your graveyard, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 5Resolve the Osgir ability, giving a creature you control +2/+0 until end of turn.
- 6Move to your first extra turn.
- 7If you do not control a Mirror of Fate token, activate Osgir's second ability by paying , tapping it and exiling Mirror of Fate from your graveyard, creating two token copies of Mirror of Fate.
- 8Activate a Mirror of Fate token by tapping and sacrificing it, choosing Ugin's Nexus, any other card in exile, Mirror of Fate and up to four other cards in exile, then exiling your library and putting the chosen cards on top in the aforementioned order.
Eye of the Storm + Mind's Desire + Mirror of Fate + Rest in Peace
- 1Cast Mind's Desire by paying
. - 2Eye of the Storm goes onto the stack, exiling Mind's Desire, then casting a copy of Mind's Desire (storm count 1, two copies on the stack).
- 3Hold priority and sacrifice Mirror (exiled by Rest in Peace), targeting Mirror and Mind's Desire.
- 4Mirror resolves, exiling all cards in your library while making Mind's Desire and Mirror your new library.
- 5Both copies of Mind's Desire resolve, casting Mirror and Mind's Desire (storm count 2/3, 3/4 copies on the stack).
- 6Repeat, increasing the storm count any amount of times while reusing Mirror to reset the library, allowing to cast any spell through Mind's Desire.
Mirror of Fate + Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Necrodominance
- 1Activate Mirror of Fate by tapping it and exiling it due to Necrodominance, choosing Mirror of Fate and up to six other cards from exile, then exiling your library and putting the chosen cards on top of your library, ensuring to place Mirror of Fate on top of your library.
- 2Cast Mirror of Fate from the top of your library by paying 5 life due to Bolas's Citadel.
- 3Aetherflux Reservoir triggers, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
- 4Repeat.
Mirror of Fate + Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Yawgmoth's Will
- 1Cast Yawgmoth's Will by paying
- 2Aetherflux Reservoir triggers, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
- 3Activate Mirror of Fate by tapping it and exiling it due to Yawgmoth's Will, choosing Mirror of Fate and up to six other cards from exile, then exiling your library and putting the chosen cards on top of your library, ensuring to place Mirror of Fate on top of your library.
- 4Cast Mirror of Fate from the top of your library by paying 5 life due to Bolas's Citadel
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Eye of the Storm + Mind's Desire + Mirror of Fate + Echo Storm
- 1Cast Mind's Desire for .
- 2Eye of the Storm and Mind's Desire each trigger.
- 3Resolve the Mind's Desire trigger, copying it zero times.
- 4Resolve the Eye of the Storm trigger, exiling Mind's Desire, copying Mind's Desire and Echo Storm, and casting the Echo Storm copy, targeting any artifact, and then the Mind's Desire copy without paying their mana costs.
- 5The Echo Storm copy and the Mind's Desire copy each trigger.
- 6Resolve the Echo Storm copy's trigger, creating an additional Echo Storm copy for each time you have cast your commander from the command zone.
- 7Resolve these additional copies, creating at least one token copy of Mirror of Fate.
- 8Activate any Mirror of Fate by tapping and sacrificing it, exiling all cards from your library and putting Echo Storm and any additional card from exile on top of your library.
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