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If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #257
Throes of Chaos
soc·#257·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Igor Kieryluk
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wishlisted
Apr '26
1 mo ago
Value
$0.27$0 (-10.0%)
30 days high $0.30 · low $0.25
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.14USD$0.27TIX0.05 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #5,499 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 11
wotc
When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.
wotc
You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
Context
Last observed at $0.27, down from $0.30 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.30 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 20 hours ago at $0.27.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOC — 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 *Secrets of Strixhaven Commander* (released April 2026).
Card #257 in Secrets of Strixhaven Commander.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: red. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Retrace and Cascade.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #5,499 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk. Rarix tracks 913 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Igor Kieryluk
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