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Inspiring Statuary

{3}

Artifact

Aether Revolt·aer #160·Rare·2017·Art by Kirsten Zirngibl
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal
Inspiring Statuary
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Oracle Text

Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Ghirapur's most celebrated inventors have been immortalized in clockwork.

Set
Aether Revolt (AER)
Number
#160
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Kirsten Zirngibl
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.47
USD Foil
$3.62
EUR
€0.39
EUR Foil
€1.17
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Related Cards

Motivated Muralistcombo pieceInspiring Statuarycombo piece

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings2

2/9/2017·wotc

If you cast a nonartifact spell that requires you to sacrifice a permanent as an additional cost, you may tap that permanent (if it's an artifact) for the spell's improvise ability before you sacrifice it to pay that cost.

2/9/2017·wotc

Multiple instances of improvise are redundant.

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