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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. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #407
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lci·#407·uncommon·foil
Illus. Alix Branwyn
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Nov '23
2 yr ago
Value
$0.29+$0 (+7.4%)
30 days high $0.29 · low $0.27
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.36USD$0.29TIX0.02 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #12,668 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Human Artificer
When this creature enters, if you cast it, discover 3. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
3/2
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 10
wotc
If the discovered card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
wotc
When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.
Context
Last observed at $0.29, up from $0.27 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.36 across 34 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 17 hours ago at $0.29.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from LCI — 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 *The Lost Caverns of Ixalan* (released November 2023).
Card #407 in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Creature — Human Artificer. Color identity: red. Mana cost: {2}{R}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Discover.
Legal in Standard, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. Banned in Pioneer.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,668 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Alix Branwyn. Rarix tracks 164 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. Alix Branwyn
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