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Inspired Idea

~$0.14 low · ~$0.41 high

Blue. Sorcery

two generic manaone blue mana

Inspired Idea

Innistrad: Double Feature #331 · Illustrated by Alix Branwyn

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~$0.14

Non-foil · Innistrad: Crimson Vow #64

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~$0.41

Foil · Innistrad: Double Feature #331

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7 prices from $0.14 to $0.41. Every price is in the printings table below.

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Oracle text

Cleave three generic manaone blue manaone blue mana (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)

Draw three cards. [Your maximum hand size is reduced by three for the rest of the game.]

Stitching is an ever-evolving field, with each new advancement reaching a new height of horror.

All 4 printings of Inspired Idea

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos #64s
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos
pvow #64s· 2021Promorare· Cardmarket €0.24 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$0.38€0.24 foil
Innistrad: Crimson Vow #64
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
vow #64· 2021rare· Cardmarket €0.10 · €0.23 foil
rare$0.14$0.17€0.10€0.23 foil
Innistrad: Crimson Vow #360
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
vow #360· 2021Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.24 · €0.36 foil
rare$0.19$0.23€0.24€0.36 foil

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Card details

First printed
2021
Printings
4
Mana value
3
EDHREC rank
#24,530 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Cleave
Artist
Alix Branwyn

Rulings (7)

  1. 2021-11-19

    If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

  2. 2021-11-19

    If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.

  3. 2021-11-19

    If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you are affected by Null Profusion (an enchantment that sets a player's maximum hand size to two) and then resolve Inspired Idea without paying its cleave cost, your maximum hand size would be zero. However, if Null Profusion entered the battlefield after Inspired Idea resolved, your maximum hand size would be two.

  4. 2021-11-19

    You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of one blue mana, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.

  5. 2021-11-19

    If a player has more cards in their hand than their maximum hand size during the cleanup step of that player's turn, that player discards until they have that many cards. A player's maximum hand size isn't checked at any time other than their own cleanup step.

  6. 2021-11-19

    If you currently have no maximum hand size, then reducing your maximum hand size by three will have no effect. If the effect causing you to have no maximum hand size ends, Inspired Idea's effect will apply at that time.

  7. 2021-11-19

    A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.

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