Collector's Cage

Printings

  • The Big Score (BIG)#1
  • The Big Score (BIG)#66
  • The Big Score (BIG)#31

Collector's Cage

Card Information

Type: Artifact

Mana Cost: 1White mana

CMC: 2

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for W

Set: The Big Score (BIG)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 1

Oracle Text

Hideaway 5 (When this artifact enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Keywords

Hideaway

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. April 12, 2024

    Hideaway now causes you to put the rest of the cards on the bottom of your library in a random order instead of any order.

    Source: wotc
  2. April 12, 2024

    If the 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
  3. April 12, 2024

    Previously, permanents with hideaway entered the battlefield tapped. This ability has been removed from the definition of hideaway. Older cards have received errata to have an additional paragraph that reads "[This permanent] enters the battlefield tapped," and they now have hideaway 4.

    Source: wotc
  4. April 12, 2024

    Collector's Cage's last ability looks at the creatures you control as it resolves to determine if you can play the exiled card. For example, if you control a 4/5 creature, a 1/1 creature, and a 2/1 creature, there are three different powers among creatures you control.

    Source: wotc
  5. April 12, 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, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

    Source: wotc
  6. April 12, 2024

    Any player who has controlled a permanent with a hideaway ability since a card was exiled with it may look at that card.

    Source: wotc
  7. April 12, 2024

    You choose whether to play the exiled card as Collector's Cage's last ability resolves. If you do, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can't wait to play it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's types are ignored. However, you can never play lands on other players' turns.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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