Chancellor of the Spires
~$0.69 low · ~$5.28 high
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Blue. Creature — Phyrexian Sphinx
New Phyrexia #31 · Illustrated by Nils Hamm
New Phyrexia #31 · Illustrated by Nils HammWhat is Chancellor of the Spires worth?
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Oracle text
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent mills seven cards.
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.
5/7
Format legality
The only printing of Chancellor of the Spires
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Phyrexia nph #31· 2011rare· Cardmarket €0.78 · €2.95 foil | rare | $0.69 | $5.28 | €0.78€2.95 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2011
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 7
- EDHREC rank
- #12,688 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying, Mill
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the New Phyrexia card (#31).
31
- 31Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
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Rulings (6)
June 1, 2011
You may pay additional costs, such as kicker costs, of the instant or sorcery card.
June 1, 2011
If you are unable to cast the card, perhaps because there are no legal targets available, the card remains in its owner's graveyard.
June 1, 2011
If the card has any mandatory additional costs, then you must pay them in order to cast the spell.
June 1, 2011
If you reveal more than one Chancellor of the Spires from your opening hand, each opponent will put the top seven cards of their library into their graveyard that many times (for a total of fourteen, twenty-one, or twenty-eight cards).
June 1, 2011
The instant or sorcery card you target with the "enters" triggered ability is cast as part of the resolution of that ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored. Other restrictions, such as "Cast [this card] only during combat," are not.
March 19, 2021
A player's "opening hand" is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans. If players have any cards in hand that allow actions to be taken with them from a player's opening hand, the starting player takes all such actions first in any order, followed by each other player in turn order. Then the first turn begins.
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