wotc
If you pay the casualty cost of a spell, the copy will resolve before the original spell.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #43
Xander's Pact
ncc·#43·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Helge C. Balzer
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Apr '22
4 yr ago
Value
$0.22+$0 (+15.8%)
30 days high $0.22 · low $0.19
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.23USD$0.22
NM$0.22
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #15,895 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Casualty 2 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Each opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may cast spells from among those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to that spell's mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 6
wotc
If you cast a spell for another cost “rather than pay its mana cost,” you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs such as a blitz cost. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as a casualty cost. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.
wotc
The copy of the spell is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
Context
Last observed at $0.22, up from $0.19 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.19 and $0.24 across 43 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 14 hours ago at $0.22.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from NCC — 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.
This card belongs to *New Capenna Commander* (released April 2022).
Card #43 in New Capenna Commander.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Casualty.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,895 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Helge C. Balzer. Rarix tracks 155 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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