Were the Mirage tutors part of a cycle?

[lordofthepit]

I'm referring to Enlightened, Mystical, and Worldly Tutor accounting for 3 of the 5 colors, with Vampiric Tutor being added in Visions. I know R&D sometimes likes to make a cycle of cards span more than one set, but I can't think of the corresponding red tutor. Does it not exist?

[Gocho]

Not exist.

[majikal]

Actually, it's Gamble. Only instead of putting the card on top of the library, you get to discard at random for your card disadvantage.

[DukeDemonKn1ght]

Well, there's always Gamble. But yeah, not part of the same cycle.

EDIT: Wicked ninja'ed!

[majikal]

Well, there's always Gamble. But yeah, not part of the same cycle.
There's actually an article where MaRo talks about Gamble being added at the last minute to US to finish out that cycle. I'll post the link if I can find it...

[MMogg]

Goblin Tutor

[DrJones]

The red tutor at the time was Goblin Tutor. Then, they added gamble as a way to "finish" the cycle. Mirage block designers thought it was a mistake to give a tutor to red, which is why mirage-visions (which was at the time a single set) doesn't feature any. I too think red shouldn't have a tutor effect. Gamble and Goblin Tutor were designed by Mark Rosewater just to get his way after he lost the Mirage discussion, and I would consider it a lesser mistake compared with the disaster he perpetrated with the rest of Urza's Block, but a mistake nonetheless; and very annoying. Only surpassed by the mistake of printing Back to Basics. That's an effect blue shouldn't have got.

[Fuzzy]

There's no red tutor, but red has the best Wish. Period.