Printings
Reenact the Crime
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 70
Oracle Text
Exile target nonland card in a graveyard that was put there from anywhere this turn. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- February 2, 2024
You cast the copy while Reenact the Crime is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.
Source: wotc - February 2, 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 - February 2, 2024
If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
If a spell 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 - February 2, 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, such as that of Demand Answers, those must be paid to cast the card.
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.