You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.
Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $6.45. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.38 and $6.49 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SLD — 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 #97 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Secret Lair Drop release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {6}{U}{U} (8 converted). Keyword abilities: Delve.
Legal in Pioneer, Commander, Brawl, and Historic. Banned in Modern and Legacy. Restricted in Vintage.
EDHrec ranks this card #614 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Steve Prescott. Rarix catalogs 946 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Steve Prescott
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