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 card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Swallow Whole, those must be paid to cast the card.
If you wish to cast the target card, you do so as part of the resolution of Vadrok’s ability. You can’t wait to cast it later. Timing permissions based on a card’s type are ignored.
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $14.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $8.67 and $17.98 across 82 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from IKO — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #383 of *Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2020 Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Elemental Dinosaur Cat, color identity red/blue/white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {U}{R}{W} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying, Mutate, and First strike.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,937 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Johann Bodin. Rarix catalogs 590 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Johann Bodin
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