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Saheeli's Directive

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Red. Sorcery

X generic manaone red manaone red manaone red mana

026 · C18 · R · ENWhat the codes mean

Saheeli's Directive

Commander 2018 #26 · Illustrated by Craig J Spearing

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Non-foil · Commander 2018 #26

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Oracle text

Improvise (Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for one generic mana.)

Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.

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Card details

First printed
2018
Printings
1
Mana value
3
EDHREC rank
#11,074 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Improvise
Artist
Craig J Spearing

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Commander 2018 card (#26).

026 · C18 · R · EN

  • 026Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
  • C18Set code for Commander 2018
  • RRare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Keywords

ImproviseCR 702.126
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.

Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.

Rulings (11)

  1. 2018-07-13

    Improvise can't pay for one white mana, one blue mana, one black mana, one red mana, one green mana, or one colorless mana mana symbols in a spell's total cost.

  2. 2018-07-13

    When using improvise to cast a spell with X generic mana in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Saheeli's Directive and choose X to be 3, the total cost is three generic manaone red manaone red manaone red mana. If you tap two artifacts, you'll have to pay one generic manaone red manaone red manaone red mana.

  3. 2018-07-13

    If an artifact you control has a mana ability with tap this permanent in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.

  4. 2018-07-13

    Saheeli's Directive considers the individual mana values of the artifact cards you reveal. The sum of their mana values may be greater than X.

  5. 2018-07-13

    Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

  6. 2018-07-13

    When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.

  7. 2018-07-13

    Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.

  8. 2018-07-13

    Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.

  9. 2018-07-13

    If a card in your library has X generic mana in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

  10. 2018-07-13

    All of the artifacts put onto the battlefield this way enter at the same time. If any have triggered abilities that trigger on something else entering the battlefield, they'll see each other.

  11. 2018-07-13

    Improvise can't be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can't be used during the resolution of an ability that says "Counter target spell unless its controller pays three generic mana."

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