Vision, Spectral Synthezoid
MSC · rare · Released 2026-06-26
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
below rate
minor value alone
wants support
can take over a game
one mode
broadly useful
easily answered
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Structural
Rationale
Vision is an 8-mana 2/5 flying legendary that lets you cast one free noncreature or Robot spell per turn from hand — a powerful cost-reduction engine for spellslinger and artifact/Robot typal shells, but extremely slow to deploy at 8 cmc. Signature in spell-heavy and Robot/construct-typal builds where it can chain into massive free spells each turn. In broader play, the steep cost and {U}{U}{U}{U} pip-heaviness limit it to dedicated blue decks willing to ramp to 8.
Learnings (3)
Vision's free-spell ability covers noncreature spells broadly (instants, sorceries, artifacts, enchantments) AND Robots specifically, making it a dual-purpose engine for both spellslinger and Robot typal decks — not just one or the other.
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At 8 mana with double-blue pips, Vision is rarely castable before turn 6-7 even in ramp builds, meaning it functions more as a late-game value engine than a mid-game accelerant; decks that include it should have a plan to protect it over multiple turns.
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Robot is a creature subtype introduced in Marvel-related sets; it overlaps with but is not identical to Construct — not all Constructs are Robots and vice versa, so Vision's synergy tag applies to the Robot tribe specifically.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #26,998