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Scholar of the Lost Trove
Card Information
Type: Creature — Sphinx
Mana Cost: 5
CMC: 7
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Jumpstart (JMP)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 14
Oracle Text
Flying When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 23, 2020
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 - June 23, 2020
If you wish to cast the target card, you must cast it while the triggered ability is resolving. You can’t cast it later in the turn.
Source: wotc - June 23, 2020
If you cast an artifact spell this way, it won’t be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard this turn.
Source: wotc - June 23, 2020
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. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
Source: wotc
Price History
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