Illusionary Mask
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SetLEA
Collector #249
Released1993-08-05
Rarityrare
ArtistAmy Weber
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Illusionary Mask

RareReserved listMV 2
Artifact
: You may choose a creature card in your hand whose mana cost could be paid by some amount of, or all of, the mana you spent on . If you do, you may cast that card face down as a 2/2 creature spell without paying its mana cost. If the creature that spell becomes as it resolves has not been turned face up and would assign or deal damage, be dealt damage, or become tapped, instead it's turned face up and assigns or deals damage, is dealt damage, or becomes tapped. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Artifact
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Rulings (12)
wotc1 Oct 2009
Both the amount and types of mana you spend on {X} are taken into account while you're choosing a creature card from your hand. For example, if you spent {U}{U} on {X}, you can choose a creature card with mana cost {U}{U}, {1}{U}, {2}, or {W/U}{W/U}, among other possibilities, but not one that costs {2}{U} or one that costs {G}.
wotc1 Oct 2009
You can turn a face-down permanent face up if it would have morph while face up. This applies to creatures you cast face down as a result of Illusionary Mask's effect. The rest of Illusionary Mask's effect applies to it as well.
wotc1 Oct 2009
You may not turn a face-down spell face up. You may not turn a face-down permanent face up unless it would have morph while face up or an effect specifically allows you to turn it face up. Illusionary Mask's ability has you turn a face-down creature face up if it would assign damage, deal damage, be dealt damage, or become tapped, but not for any other reason. For example, if you use Illusionary Mask's ability to cast a black creature face down, you can't turn it face up just because it's being targeted by Terror.
wotc1 Oct 2009
You may look at a face-down spell or permanent you control at any time.
wotc1 Oct 2009
You actually cast the card face-down, much as when playing a spell with Morph. It can be responded to and countered.
wotc1 Oct 2009
The effect that turns it face-up is a replacement effect. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.