You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #23s
Lantern Flare
pvow·#23s·rare·foil
Illus. Lie Setiawan
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wishlisted
Nov '21
4 yr ago
Value
$0.39+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $0.39 · low $0.39
Volatility · stable
USD$0.39EUR€0.21
NM$0.39
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #19,674 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Cleave {X}{R}{W} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Lantern Flare deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life. [X is the number of creatures you control.]
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
wotc
If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
wotc
If you're paying the cleave cost, you choose the value of X.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Lie Setiawan
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