Cursed Scroll

Artifact · Tempest

Cursed Scroll is legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Tempest printing.

Price and printings: Cardmarket (€75.9) · TCGplayer ($90.09) · Scryfall

How often Cursed Scroll is played

Cursed Scroll is maindecked in 7 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (18%), averaging 1.3 copies; kept in 1 sideboard (3%); used by 2 of 17 tracked archetypes.

See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.

Premodern archetypes that play Cursed Scroll

Sligh: Late-game engine: once your hand is empty it deals 2 to anything every turn. Your best source of inevitability and reach against control and midrange.
Mono Black: Inevitability: the deck empties both hands by design, and with an empty hand Scroll deals 2 to anything, every turn. Your best card in every topdeck war.

Tournament decks with Cursed Scroll

Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (1× mainboard)
Pox: 3rd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 9ª Jornada (1× mainboard)
BG Rack: 3rd Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (1× mainboard)
Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (2× mainboard)
Mono Red Burn: 1st Place at The Old Skull La Plata (2× mainboard)
Covetous Control: 6th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (1× mainboard)
5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (2× sideboard)
Mono R Ponza: 1st Place at Chile Premier League – May 2026 (1× mainboard)

Spicy brews with Cursed Scroll

Hypnotic Wurm (1×)

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The Format

What is Premodern?

Premodern is a Magic: The Gathering format played with cards from Fourth Edition through Scourge (1995–2003), the game's golden era. It captures the feel of early competitive Magic: iconic old-border cards, meaningful decisions and a rich, interactive metagame, free of the power creep of later sets.

How it plays

Premodern is an eternal, non-rotating format. Games reward tight play, deckbuilding skill and knowledge of the metagame rather than raw speed. Combo, control, aggro and midrange all have a home, from Goblins and Stiflenought to Landstill, Replenish and The Rock.

Deck construction

Minimum 60-card main deck.
Up to a 15-card sideboard.
At most 4 copies of any single card (basic lands excepted).

A card is legal as long as its name appears in one of these sets. (Reprints in newer sets are legal too, but on Premodern Chronicles we always show the period-correct old-frame printing.)

Legal Sets