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◇ Catalog #294

Improvisation Capstone

sos·#294·mythic·showcase

Illus. Mintautas Šukys

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$26.63+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $27 · low $24

NM$25.6

LP—

MP—

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$24–$27modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $35low $0.52range 6717.3%n 99

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,644 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$26

Gameplay

Sorcery — Lesson

Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater. You may cast any number of spells from among them without paying their mana costs. Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 6

2026-03-20wotc

If you cast a spell "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 spell.

2026-03-20wotc

You cast the spells while Improvisation Capstone is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast them later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the cards' types are ignored.

2026-03-20wotc

Once a spell with paradigm has resolved, it doesn't matter what happens to the card in exile. Even if the card leaves exile, the delayed triggered ability will still trigger during each of your first main phases, and the copy will still be created.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $25.63. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.52 and $35.45 across 99 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOS — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #294 of *Secrets of Strixhaven*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven release.

Card type: Sorcery — Lesson, color identity red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {5}{R}{R} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Paradigm.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,644 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mintautas Šukys. Rarix catalogs 12 other cards credited to this artist.