To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.
Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.
If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WHO — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #438 of *Doctor Who*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2023 Doctor Who release.
Card type: Instant, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{R} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Escape.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,158 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Fang Xinyu. Rarix catalogs 43 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Fang Xinyu
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If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.
