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, those must be paid to cast the spell.
Use the power of the sacrificed creatures as they last existed on the battlefield to determine the value of X.
You choose which spells to cast (if any) as Kylox, Visionary Inventor's last ability resolves. If you choose to cast any spells, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can't wait to cast them later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the cards' types are ignored.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.15. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.22 across 105 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MKM — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #365 of *Murders at Karlov Manor*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2024 Murders at Karlov Manor release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Lizard Artificer, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{U}{R} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Haste, Menace, and Ward.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #17,073 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Tyler Walpole. Rarix catalogs 241 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Tyler Walpole
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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.
