If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay" its mana cost, you can't choose to cast it for any other alternative cost. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Abhorrent Oculus, those must be paid to cast the spell.
A player's "opening hand" is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans. If players have any cards in hand that allow actions to be taken with them from a player's opening hand, the starting player takes all such actions first in any order, followed by each other player in turn order. Then the first turn begins.
If you cast a spell for which mana may be spent as though it were mana of any color, you may cast it for Leyline of Mutation's second ability's alternative cost and still spend mana as though it were mana of any color.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.67. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.67 across 83 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DSK — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #382 of *Duskmourn: House of Horror*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2024 Duskmourn: House of Horror release.
Card type: Enchantment, color identity black/green/red/blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{G}{G} (4 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #6,430 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Sergey Glushakov. Rarix catalogs 196 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Sergey Glushakov
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If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
