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If you don't have enough instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard as your upkeep begins, Curious Homunculus's last ability doesn't trigger. If you don't have enough as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #54
Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader
emn·#54·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Filip Burburan
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Jul '16
10 yr ago
Value
$0.39$0 (-7.1%)
30 days high $0.42 · low $0.35
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.29USD$0.39TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #9,225 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Homunculus // Creature — Eldrazi Homunculus
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
If an instant or sorcery spell has {X} in its mana cost, choose the value for X first, and then reduce the cost by {1}. For example, Dark Salvation with X chosen as 2 costs {3}{B} to cast if you control Voracious Reader.
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Mana from Curious Homunculus's first ability can be spent to cast a spell that has generic mana in its additional cost, such as Borrowed Malevolence with both modes chosen. It can't be spent to pay costs during a spell's resolution, such as the cost Convolute prompts a player to pay.
Context
Last observed at $0.39, down from $0.42 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.42 across 41 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $0.39.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from EMN — 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.
This card belongs to *Eldritch Moon* (released July 2016).
Card #54 in Eldritch Moon.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Creature — Homunculus // Creature — Eldrazi Homunculus. Color identity: blue. Keyword abilities: Prowess and Transform.
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #9,225 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Filip Burburan. Rarix tracks 550 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Filip Burburan
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