Spectral Arcanist
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SetVOC
Collector #15
Released2021-11-19
Rarityrare
ArtistJohan Grenier
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Spectral Arcanist

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Spirit Wizard
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Spirits you control from a graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
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Keywords
Flying
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2021-11-19Newest 2021-11-19Cheapest priced $0.31 in VOC
Rulings (3)
wotc19 Nov 2021
If you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you may choose to pay additional costs (such as kicker) but not alternative costs (such as flashback).
wotc19 Nov 2021
If you choose to cast the spell, you must do so as Spectral Arcanist's ability is resolving. You can't wait and cast it later.
wotc19 Nov 2021
If you cast a spell with X in its mana cost this way, you must choose 0 as the value for X.