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Utrom Monitor
CommonColour IDMV 5
Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
3 / 3
Keywords
FlyingAffinity
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (1)
wotc27 Jan 2026
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as affinity for artifacts). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
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