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Rod of Absorption

~$0.47 low · ~$0.86 high

Blue. Artifact

two generic manaone blue mana

Rod of Absorption

Forgotten Realms Commander #19 · Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov

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Non-foil · Forgotten Realms Commander #19

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~$0.86

Extended Art non-foil · Forgotten Realms Commander #288

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Oracle text

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves.

X generic mana, tap this permanent, Sacrifice this artifact: You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled with this artifact with total mana value X or less without paying their mana costs.

All 2 printings of Rod of Absorption

PrintingRarityNon-foilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Forgotten Realms Commander #288
Forgotten Realms Commander
afc #288· 2021Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.86
rare$0.86€0.86

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Card details

First printed
2021
Printings
2
Mana value
3
EDHREC rank
#12,253 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artist
Svetlin Velinov

Rulings (6)

  1. 2021-07-23

    When Rod of Absorption's last ability resolves, you cast as many spells with total mana value X or less from among the exiled cards as you would like in any order you choose. Cards not cast this way will remain in exile indefinitely.

  2. 2021-07-23

    If a spell is countered or it never resolves, Rod of Absorption will not exile it.

  3. 2021-07-23

    If the card has X generic mana in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  4. 2021-07-23

    If multiple Rods of Absorption are on the battlefield at the same time, any player casting an instant or sorcery spell will cause all of them to trigger. As the spell resolves, its controller will choose which of the Rods gets to exile it.

  5. 2021-07-23

    Each Rod of Absorption tracks the cards it has exiled separately. If Rod of Absorption is destroyed and then later brought back to the battlefield, it will not be able to access any of the cards that it had exiled before.

  6. 2021-07-23

    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, you must pay those to cast the spell.

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