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Welcome to the Fold

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Blue. Sorcery

two generic manaone blue manaone blue mana

096 · SOI · R · ENWhat the codes mean

Welcome to the Fold

Shadows over Innistrad #96 · Illustrated by David Palumbo

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Non-foil · Shadows over Innistrad #96

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Promo foil · Shadows over Innistrad Promos #96s

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Oracle text

Madness X generic manaone blue manaone blue mana (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Gain control of target creature if its toughness is 2 or less. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead gain control of that creature if its toughness is X or less.

All 2 printings of Welcome to the Fold

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Shadows over Innistrad Promos #96s
Shadows over Innistrad Promos
psoi #96s· 2016Promorare· Cardmarket €0.60 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$1.12€0.60 foil

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Card details

First printed
2016
Printings
2
Mana value
4
EDHREC rank
#21,044 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Madness
Artist
David Palumbo

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Shadows over Innistrad card (#96).

096 · SOI · R · EN

  • 096Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
  • SOISet code for Shadows over Innistrad
  • RRare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Rulings (10)

  1. 2016-04-08

    The toughness of the creature is checked only as Welcome to the Fold resolves. It doesn't matter if it has higher toughness as you cast Welcome to the Fold, or if its toughness becomes higher after Welcome to the Fold has resolved.

  2. 2022-12-08

    A spell cast for its madness cost is put onto the stack like any other spell. It can be countered, copied, and so on. As it resolves, it's put onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card or into its owner's graveyard if it's an instant or sorcery card.

  3. 2022-12-08

    Casting a spell with madness ignores the timing rules based on the card's card type. For example, you can cast a sorcery with madness if you discard it during an opponent's turn.

  4. 2022-12-08

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a madness cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.

  5. 2022-12-08

    If you choose not to cast a card with madness when the madness triggered ability resolves, it's put into your graveyard. Madness doesn't give you another chance to cast it later.

  6. 2022-12-08

    Madness works independently of why you're discarding the card. You could discard it to pay a cost, because a spell or ability tells you to, or because you have too many cards in your hand during your cleanup step. You can't discard a card with madness just because you want to, though.

  7. 2022-12-08

    If you discard a card with madness while a spell or ability is resolving, it moves immediately to exile. Continue resolving that spell or ability, noting that the card you discarded is not in your graveyard at this time. Its madness triggered ability will be placed onto the stack once that spell or ability has completely resolved.

  8. 2022-12-08

    A card with madness that's discarded counts as having been discarded even though it's put into exile rather than a graveyard. If it was discarded to pay a cost, that cost is still paid. Abilities that trigger when a card is discarded will still trigger.

  9. 2022-12-08

    Cards are discarded in a Magic game only from a player's hand. Effects that put cards into a player's graveyard from anywhere else do not cause those cards to be discarded.

  10. 2022-12-08

    If you discard a card with madness to pay the cost of a spell or activated ability, that card's madness triggered ability (and the spell that card becomes, if you choose to cast it) will resolve before the spell or ability the discard paid for.

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