If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
Wondrous Crucible
The card remains exiled no matter what happens to the copy.
If you don’t cast the copy (perhaps because there are no legal targets available or you don’t want to), the copy will cease to exist.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.33. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.10 and $2.49 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from BRC — 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 #20 of *The Brothers' War Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2022 The Brothers' War Commander release.
Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {7} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Mill.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,654 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Evan Shipard. Rarix catalogs 124 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Evan Shipard
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