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Buster Sword
Card Information
Type: Artifact — Equipment
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Final Fantasy (FIN)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 255
Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +3/+2. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then you may cast a spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to that damage without paying its mana cost. Equip {2}
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Card Rulings
- June 6, 2025
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, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
If a spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
You choose whether to cast a spell from among the cards in your hand as Buster Sword's middle ability resolves. You can't wait to cast one later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's types are ignored.
Source: wotc
Price History
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