If a spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you choose the value of X before calculating the spell’s total cost. For example, if a spell’s mana cost is {X}{R} and your opponents have drawn two cards this turn, you could choose 5 as the value of X and pay {3}{R} to cast the spell.
If there are additional costs to cast a spell, or if the cost to cast a spell is increased by an effect (such as the one created by Thalia, Guardian of Thraben’s ability), apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
The “as though they had flash” effect applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated “only as a sorcery.”
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MOM — 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 #293 of *March of the Machine*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2023 March of the Machine release.
Card type: Legendary Enchantment Creature — God // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Phyrexian God, color identity blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Keyword abilities: Transform.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #3,164 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Jason A. Engle. Rarix catalogs 708 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Jason A. Engle
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That ability can’t reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic mana component of that cost.
The last ability of Heliod, the Warped Eclipse doesn’t change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay.
The cost reduction can apply to alternative costs such as flashback costs.
