Printings
Perception Bobblehead
Card Information
Type: Artifact — Bobblehead
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Fallout (PIP)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 139
Oracle Text
{T}: Add one mana of any color. {3}, {T}: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of Bobbleheads you control. You may cast a spell with mana value 3 or less from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 8, 2024
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 - March 8, 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 card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
Source: wotc - March 8, 2024
You choose whether to cast a spell from among the cards you’re looking at as Perception Bobblehead’s last 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 - March 8, 2024
The value of X is determined only once, as Perception Bobblehead’s last ability resolves.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.