If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Embrace Oblivion, those must be paid to cast the spell.
If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.08 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from EOE — 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 #157 of *Edge of Eternities*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2025 Edge of Eternities release.
Card type: Artifact Creature — Robot, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Void.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #22,515 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play 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 an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
You cast the copy while Roving Actuator’s ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.
