Unexpected Results
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SetGTC
Collector #203
Released2013-02-01
Rarityrare
ArtistMike Bierek
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Unexpected Results

RareColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield and return Unexpected Results to its owner's hand.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2021-04-24Newest 2024-12-10Cheapest priced $0.34 in PLST
Rulings (6)
wotc24 Jan 2013
If you can’t cast the card (perhaps because there are no legal targets), or if you choose not to, the card will remain on top of the library.
wotc24 Jan 2013
If you reveal a land card, Unexpected Results will be returned to your hand only if you put that land card onto the battlefield. If you don’t, Unexpected Results will be put into its owner’s graveyard.
wotc24 Jan 2013
If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
wotc24 Jan 2013
If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
wotc24 Jan 2013
If you reveal a land card and put that card onto the battlefield, Unexpected Results will be put into its owner’s hand directly from the stack. It won’t be put into any graveyard.
wotc24 Jan 2013
If you reveal a nonland card, you may cast it during the resolution of Unexpected Results. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card’s type. Other timing restrictions, such as “Cast [this card] only during combat,” must be followed.