Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.
See also "Returning Keyword Ability: Cascade" in the General Notes section.
If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 40K — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #75 of *Warhammer 40,000 Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2022 Warhammer 40,000 Commander release.
Card type: Creature — Astartes Warlock, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Gift of Chaos.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,468 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Games Workshop. Rarix catalogs 117 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Games Workshop
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A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
Two new cards in this set give the next spell you cast cascade. This means that the next spell you cast gains cascade as you begin to cast it by putting it on the stack, and the cascade ability will trigger when you finish casting that spell.
As Dark Apostle's activated ability resolves, it creates a continuous effect that won't begin to apply until you start casting a noncreature spell this turn. It applies to that spell and the timestamp of that effect is the time that the spell was put on the stack.
You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
If a spell with cascade is countered, the cascade ability will still resolve normally.
Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.
When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.
If you activate the ability of more than one Dark Apostle (or the same one more than once) in the same turn, the next noncreature spell you cast will have that many instances of cascade, each of which will trigger separately.
If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
