Cards/Secret Lair Countdown/Isochron Scepter

Isochron Scepter

Artifact

Secret Lair Countdown·slc #9·Rare·2025·Art by Kieran Yanner

StandardNot Legal

ModernLegal

CommanderLegal

LegacyLegal

PioneerNot Legal

VintageLegal

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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StandardNot Legal

PioneerNot Legal

ModernLegal

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

CommanderLegal

Popular formats

StandardNot Legal

PioneerNot Legal

ModernLegal

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

CommanderLegal

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.

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