Monstrous Vortex
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SetMH3
Collector #162
Released2024-06-14
Rarityuncommon
ArtistDeruchenko Alexander
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Monstrous Vortex

UncommonColour IDMV 4
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Keywords
Discover
Card capabilities
Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2024-06-14Newest 2024-06-14Cheapest priced $0.34 in MH3
Rulings (9)
wotc7 Jun 2024
If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.
wotc7 Jun 2024
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.
wotc7 Jun 2024
You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
wotc7 Jun 2024
If you discover an adventurer card, split card, or modal double-faced card, you might be able to cast that card with either set of characteristics depending on the effect's discover value. For example, if you discover 4 and reveal Galvanic Giant (an adventurer card from Wilds of Eldraine™ with a mana value of 4), you could cast Galvanic Giant, but not Storm Reading (its Adventure, which has a mana value of 7). If you discover 7 and reveal Galvanic Giant, you could cast either Galvanic Giant or Storm Reading.
wotc7 Jun 2024
A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
wotc7 Jun 2024
The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If discover allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half (as long as its mana value is less than or equal to the effect's discover value) but not both halves.