For some cards, surge represents only an alternative cost, a discount that applies if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn. Other cards, like Reckless Bushwhacker, have additional abilities or effects if you paid the surge cost to cast the spell.
Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn't change its mana cost or its mana value.
The other spell that you or a teammate cast can be one that's resolved, one that was countered, or (for instants with surge) one that's still on the stack.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from OGW — 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.
Card #61 of *Oath of the Gatewatch*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2016 Oath of the Gatewatch release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U}{U} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Surge.
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,923 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Jama Jurabaev. Rarix catalogs 49 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Jama Jurabaev
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If an instant or sorcery spell cast for its surge cost is copied, the copy is also considered to have had its surge cost paid.
