If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
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Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.53 and $1.99 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MKC — the lineup includes 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 #162 of *Murders at Karlov Manor Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2024 Murders at Karlov Manor Commander release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Overload and Goad.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #2,627 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Aniekan Udofia. Rarix catalogs 13 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Aniekan Udofia
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