Premodern Chronicles

Show and Tell

Sorcery · Urza's Saga

Show and Tell is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Saga printing.

Price and printings: Cardmarket (€44.68) · TCGplayer ($53.64) · Scryfall

How often Show and Tell is played

Show and Tell is kept in 1 sideboard (3%); used by 1 of 17 tracked archetypes.

Counting only the 17 decks that can cast blue cards, 1 of them play it (6%).

See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.

Tournament decks with Show and Tell

5 Colors: 3rd Place at Final Liga Madrileña (4× sideboard)

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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