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If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #223
Saruman of Many Colors
ltr·#223·mythic·nonfoil
Illus. Alexander Mokhov
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Jun '23
3 yr ago
Value
$1.89$0 (-19.8%)
30 days high $1.14 · low $0.89
Volatility · high
TIX0.02 tixEUR€0.93USD$0.89
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #11,553 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
Ward—Discard an enchantment, instant, or sorcery card.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, each opponent mills two cards. When one or more cards are milled this way, exile target enchantment, instant, or sorcery card with equal or lesser mana value than that spell from an opponent's graveyard. Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
5/4
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.
wotc
If you don't have an enchantment, instant, or sorcery card in your hand, you won't be able to pay Saruman of Many Colors's ward cost.
Context
Last observed at $0.89, down from $1.11 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.14 across 35 observations. Headline volatility reads high. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 43 minutes ago at $0.89.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from LTR — 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 Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth* (released June 2023).
Card #223 in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.
Rarity tier: mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard. Color identity: black/blue/white. Mana cost: {3}{W}{U}{B} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Ward and Mill.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,553 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Alexander Mokhov. Rarix tracks 270 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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