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Cards/Secret Lair Countdown/Isochron Scepter

Isochron Scepter

{2}

Artifact

Secret Lair Countdown·slc #36·Rare·2025·Art by Kieran Yanner
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal
Isochron Scepter
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Oracle Text

— When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.

{2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

"Again—mana! And tap it! And cast! Feel the burn—you're doing great!"

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Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings5

8/7/2020·wotc

You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.

8/7/2020·wotc

If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.

8/7/2020·wotc

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Print Details

Set
Secret Lair Countdown (SLC)
Number
#36
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Kieran Yanner
Frame
2015
Border
Borderless
Language
EN
Finishes
Foil

Value

USD Foil
$27.96
EUR Foil
€18.29

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