You may reveal a card with assist and discuss how to pay for it before you begin to cast the spell. Targets are chosen for that spell before you choose another player to help you pay for it and before that player has committed any mana to doing so.
If an effect allows a player to cast a spell spending mana “as though it were mana of any color” or “of any type,” that player must still pay for the colored mana in that spell’s total cost. That cost doesn’t become generic.
Only the generic mana portion of a spell’s cost can be paid with assist. Any colored mana costs must be paid by the spell’s controller, even if the assisting player paid mana of that color.
Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $0.76, down from $0.83 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.15 and $10.99 across 521 observations — a volatile band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BBD — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #35 of *Battlebond*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2018 Battlebond release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{U} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Assist.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #10,395 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Seb McKinnon. Rarix catalogs 578 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Seb McKinnon
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Assist allows another player to pay for any amount of generic mana. If an effect changes the cost of the spell, the amount that player may pay will be more or less than the amount in the spell’s reminder text.
