| Name | Proctor's Gaze  |
|---|---|
| Type | Instant |
| Description | Return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. |
| Flavor | Only proctors are allowed to use magic in exam halls, enabling them to more easily catch cheaters in the act. |
| Artist | Danny Schwartz |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #213 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Proctor's Gaze, Instant, designed by Danny Schwartz first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven.
**Proctor’s Gaze** (2GU) is best suited for a Simic (Green-Blue) tempo or midrange deck that values flexibility—especially ones that care about landfall, ramp synergies, or holding up instant-speed interaction. The bounce effect provides tempo by removing a blocker, disrupting an aura/equipment setup, or saving you from a problematic permanent, while the land search advances your mana and fixes colors, making it appealing in slower value-oriented shells like Simic Ramp, Landfall, or Commander decks that reward incremental advantage. However, in most competitive formats, there are more efficient options: **Growth Spiral** (GU) ramps at instant speed for less mana, **Into the Roil** or **Fading Hope** are cheaper bounce spells, and **Eureka Moment** ramps and draws a card at the same cost. Because four mana is a lot for a tempo play and the land enters tapped (slowing you down), this card would likely be fringe playable at best, more suited to casual or Commander environments than high-p
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