Wild Hypothesis

Secrets of Strixhaven #167

Type: Sorcery

Mana cost: {X}{G}

Card text: Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Lie Setiawan

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.18 USD · $0.18 USD (Foil) · €0.08 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✓ Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Wild Hypothesis in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Quick Study

Instant

Quick Study draws two cards, increasing the number of cards drawn this turn to make Wild Hypothesis create a larger Fractal token.

Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth

Creature — Bear Wizard // Sorcery

Rampant Growth helps ramp into Wild Hypothesis with larger X values, and both cards work in a green-based strategy that establishes board presence.

$Pterafractyl$

Pterafractyl

Creature — Dinosaur Fractal

Both create 0/0 Fractals with +1/+1 counters, building a Fractal tribal strategy that can be supported by other Fractal synergies.

uncommon

Emil, Vastlands Roamer

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid

Emil gives trample to creatures with counters including Wild Hypothesis's Fractal, and can create additional Fractals, building a cohesive counter-based strategy.

rare

Geometer's Arthropod

Creature — Fractal Crab

Wild Hypothesis has X in its cost, triggering Geometer's Arthropod to dig X cards deep for value, while both cards support a Fractal-matters strategy.

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