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Demilich
Card Information
Type: Creature — Skeleton Wizard
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 53
Oracle Text
This spell costs {U} less to cast for each instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn. Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy. You may cast this card from your graveyard by exiling four instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard in addition to paying its other costs.
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Card Rulings
- July 23, 2021
If you exile a card as the triggered ability resolves, that card will remain exiled whether you cast the copy or not.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
Casting the copy happens as part of the resolution of Demilich's triggered ability. If you choose to cast it, you must do so right away. If you choose not to cast it right away, the copy ceases to exist the next time a player would receive priority.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
While casting Demilich, if you are required to pay an additional cost that includes a generic mana component, Demilich's cost reduction effect can apply to it. For example, if you're required to pay an additional {1} to cast Demilich (perhaps because of Sphere of Resistance), and you've cast five or more instant and/or sorcery spells this turn, you would pay {0} to cast Demilich.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
You must pay all normal costs for casting the copy.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
Demilich's last ability doesn't change when you can cast it. In most cases, you can cast Demilich only during your main phase.
Source: wotc
Price History
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