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Monk Class
Card Information
Type: Enchantment — Class
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 228
Oracle Text
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) The second spell you cast each turn costs {1} less to cast. {W}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. {1}{W}{U}: Level 3 At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. For as long as it remains exiled, it has "You may cast this card from exile as long as you've cast another spell this turn."
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 23, 2021
Gaining a level won't remove abilities that a Class had at a previous level.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
Some Class cards have an effect that increases when more are under your control. For example, if you have multiple Barbarian Class cards, you roll that many additional dice and ignore that many of the lowest rolls.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
Each Class starts with only the first of three class abilities. As the first level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 2 and gains the second class ability. As the second level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 3 and gains the third class ability.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
If you have more than one Monk Class on the battlefield, their abilities are cumulative. For example, if you control two Monk Classes, the second spell you cast each turn costs {2} less to cast.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
If Monk Class is the first spell you cast, the next spell is the second spell and costs {1} less. If Monk Class is the second (or later) spell you cast, its bonus won't apply until the next turn.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
You can't activate the first level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 1. Similarly, you can't activate the second level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 2.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
You can multiclass or even control multiple Class enchantments of the same class. Each Class permanent tracks its own level separately.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
Each Class has five abilities. The three in the major sections of its text box are class abilities. Class abilities can be static, activated, or triggered abilities. The other two are level abilities, one activated ability to advance the Class to level 2 and another to advance the Class to level 3.
Source: wotc - July 23, 2021
Gaining a level is a normal activated ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
Source: wotc
Price History
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