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Pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis 4RedRed (6)
Instant

You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

Eternal Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Alliances (Uncommon)
Masters Edition II (Rare)
Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters (Uncommon)
Raffine's Guidance
Raffine's Guidance White (1)
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

You may cast Raffine's Guidance from your graveyard by paying 2White rather than paying its mana cost.

Streets of New Capenna (Common)
Ramosian Rally
Ramosian Rally 3White (4)
Instant

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Mercadian Masques (Common)
Ravenous Trap
Ravenous Trap 2BlackBlack (4)
Instant — Trap

If an opponent had three or more cards put into their graveyard from anywhere this turn, you may pay 0 rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Exile target player's graveyard.

Double Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Zendikar (Uncommon)
Refraction Trap
Refraction Trap 3White (4)
Instant — Trap

If an opponent cast a red instant or sorcery spell this turn, you may pay White rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Prevent the next 3 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Refraction Trap deals that much damage to any target.

Worldwake (Uncommon)
Tlincalli Hunter (Retrieve Prey)
Tlincalli Hunter (Retrieve Prey) 1Green (2)
Sorcery — Adventure

Exile target creature card from your graveyard. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast that card. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Reverent Mantra
Reverent Mantra 3White (4)
Instant

You may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Choose a color. All creatures gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

Mercadian Masques (Rare)
Reverent Silence
Reverent Silence 3Green (4)
Sorcery

If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have each other player gain 6 life.

Destroy all enchantments.

Nemesis (Common)
Ricochet Trap
Ricochet Trap 3Red (4)
Instant — Trap

If an opponent cast a blue spell this turn, you may pay Red rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Worldwake (Uncommon)
Rooftop Storm
Rooftop Storm 5Blue (6)
Enchantment

You may pay 0 rather than pay the mana cost for Zombie creature spells you cast.

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Innistrad (Rare)
Rouse
Rouse 1Black (2)
Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 2 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Mercadian Masques (Common)
Runeflare Trap
Runeflare Trap 4RedRed (6)
Instant — Trap

If an opponent drew three or more cards this turn, you may pay Red rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Runeflare Trap deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

Zendikar (Uncommon)
Runeforge Champion
Runeforge Champion 2White (3)
Creature — Dwarf Warrior (2/3)

When Runeforge Champion enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a Rune card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

You may pay 1 rather than pay the mana cost for Rune spells you cast.

Kaldheim (Rare)
Salvage Titan
Salvage Titan 4BlackBlack (6)
Artifact Creature — Golem (6/4)

You may sacrifice three artifacts rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Exile three artifact cards from your graveyard: Return Salvage Titan from your graveyard to your hand.

Double Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Shards of Alara (Rare)
Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv
Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv 3Red (4)
Legendary Planeswalker — — Sarkhan

+1: Dragon cards in your hand perpetually gain "This spell costs 1 less to cast", and "You may pay Variable Colorless rather than pay this spell's mana cost, where X is its mana value."

0: Conjure a card named Shivan Dragon into your hand.

−2: Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv deals 3 damage to target creature.

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (Mythic Rare)
Scars of the Veteran
Scars of the Veteran 4White (5)
Instant

You may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. If it's a creature, put a +0/+1 counter on it for each 1 damage prevented this way at the beginning of the next end step.

Masters Edition II (Rare)
Other Versions
Alliances (Uncommon)
Scourge of Nel Toth
Scourge of Nel Toth 5BlackBlack (7)
Creature — Zombie Dragon (6/6)

Flying

You may cast Scourge of Nel Toth from your graveyard by paying BlackBlack and sacrificing two creatures rather than paying its mana cost.

Jumpstart (Rare)
Other Versions
Commander 2015 (Rare)
Commander Anthology (Rare)
Security Rhox
Security Rhox 2RedGreen (4)
Creature — Rhino Warrior (5/4)

You may pay RedGreen rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Spend only mana produced by Treasures to cast it this way.

Streets of New Capenna (Uncommon)
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade 4WhiteWhiteWhite (7)
Legendary Creature — Angel (7/7)

You may pay White and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Flying, lifelink

Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Commander Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Core Set 2020 (Rare)
Shining Shoal
Shining Shoal Variable ColorlessWhiteWhite (2)
Instant — Arcane

You may exile a white card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

The next X damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or creatures you control this turn is dealt to any target instead.

Betrayers of Kamigawa (Rare)
Sickening Shoal
Sickening Shoal Variable ColorlessBlackBlack (2)
Instant — Arcane

You may exile a black card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Betrayers of Kamigawa (Rare)
Sivvi's Valor
Sivvi's Valor 2White (3)
Instant

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

All damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to you instead.

Nemesis (Rare)
Skyshroud Cutter
Skyshroud Cutter 3Green (4)
Creature — Beast (2/2)

If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have each other player gain 5 life.

Nemesis (Common)
Slingbow Trap
Slingbow Trap 3Green (4)
Instant — Trap

If a black creature with flying is attacking, you may pay Green rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Destroy target attacking creature with flying.

Worldwake (Uncommon)
Snag
Snag 3Green (4)
Instant

You may discard a Forest card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by unblocked creatures this turn.

Prophecy (Uncommon)
Snapback
Snapback 1Blue (2)
Instant

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Time Spiral Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Common)
Snuff Out
Snuff Out 3Black (4)
Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Doctor Who Commander (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Mercadian Masques (Common)
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana (Common)
Duel Decks Anthology, Garruk vs. Liliana (Common)
Soul Spike
Soul Spike 5BlackBlack (7)
Instant

You may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Soul Spike deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

Coldsnap (Rare)
Spinning Darkness
Spinning Darkness 4BlackBlack (6)
Instant

You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.

Weatherlight (Common)
Squee, Dubious Monarch
Squee, Dubious Monarch 2Red (3)
Legendary Creature — Goblin Noble (2/2)

Haste

Whenever Squee, Dubious Monarch attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking.

You may cast Squee, Dubious Monarch from your graveyard by paying 3Red and exiling four other cards from your graveyard rather than paying its mana cost.

Dominaria United (Rare)
Stalwart Valkyrie
Stalwart Valkyrie 3White (4)
Creature — Angel Warrior (3/2)

You may pay 1White and exile a creature card from your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Flying

Jumpstart 2022 (Common)
Other Versions
Kaldheim (Common)
Summoning Trap
Summoning Trap 4GreenGreen (6)
Instant — Trap

If a creature spell you cast this turn was countered by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay 0 rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Rare)
Other Versions
Zendikar (Rare)
Sunscour
Sunscour 5WhiteWhite (7)
Sorcery

You may exile two white cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Destroy all creatures.

Coldsnap (Rare)
The Infamous Cruelclaw
The Infamous Cruelclaw 1BlackRed (3)
Legendary Creature — Weasel Mercenary (3/3)

Menace

Whenever The Infamous Cruelclaw deals combat damage to a player, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by discarding a card rather than paying its mana cost.

Bloomburrow (Mythic Rare)
The Lady of Otaria
The Lady of Otaria 3RedGreen (5)
Legendary Creature — Avatar (5/5)

You may tap three untapped Dwarves you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

At the beginning of each end step, if a land you controlled was put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of Dwarf cards from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Dominaria United Commander (Mythic Rare)
Thick-Skinned Goblin
Thick-Skinned Goblin 1Red (2)
Creature — Goblin Shaman (2/1)

You may pay 0 rather than pay the echo cost for permanents you control.

Red: Thick-Skinned Goblin gains protection from red until end of turn.

Time Spiral Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Uncommon)
Thunderclap
Thunderclap 2Red (3)
Instant

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Thunderclap deals 3 damage to target creature.

Mercadian Masques (Common)
Thwart
Thwart 2BlueBlue (4)
Instant

You may return three Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Counter target spell.

Mercadian Masques (Uncommon)
Tidal Bore
Tidal Bore 1Blue (2)
Instant

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

You may tap or untap target creature.

Mercadian Masques (Common)
Tlincalli Hunter
Tlincalli Hunter 5GreenGreen (7)
Creature — Scorpion Scout (7/7)

Trample

Once each turn, you may pay 0 rather than pay the mana cost for a creature spell you cast from exile.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Unmask
Unmask 3Black (4)
Sorcery

You may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

From the Vault: Lore (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Mercadian Masques (Rare)
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Valgavoth, Terror Eater 6BlackBlackBlack (9)
Legendary Creature — Elder Demon (9/9)

Flying, lifelink

Ward—Sacrifice three nonland permanents.

If a card you didn't control would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

During your turn, you may play cards exiled with Valgavoth. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

Duskmourn: House of Horror (Mythic Rare)
Veinfire Borderpost
Veinfire Borderpost 1BlackRed (3)
Artifact

You may pay 1 and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Veinfire Borderpost enters tapped.

Tap: Add Black or Red.

Alara Reborn (Common)
Verdant Mastery
Verdant Mastery 5Green (6)
Sorcery

You may pay 3Green rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Search your library for up to four basic land cards and reveal them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped under an opponent's control if the 3Green cost was paid. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Strixhaven: School of Mages (Rare)
Vine Dryad
Vine Dryad 3Green (4)
Creature — Dryad (1/3)

You may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Flash

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Mercadian Masques (Rare)
Charred Foyer // Warped Space (Warped Space)
Charred Foyer // Warped Space (Warped Space) 4RedRed (6)
Enchantment — Room

Once each turn, you may pay 0 rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast from exile.

(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)

Duskmourn: House of Horror (Mythic Rare)
Whiplash Trap
Whiplash Trap 3BlueBlue (5)
Instant — Trap

If an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay Blue rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.

Ikoria Commander (Common)
Other Versions
Planechase (Common)
Zendikar (Common)
Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (Common)
Wildfield Borderpost
Wildfield Borderpost 1GreenWhite (3)
Artifact

You may pay 1 and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Wildfield Borderpost enters tapped.

Tap: Add Green or White.

Alara Reborn (Common)
Wizard's Spellbook
Wizard's Spellbook 5BlueBlue (7)
Artifact

Tap: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Roll a d20. Activate only as a sorcery.

1–9 | Copy that card. You may cast the copy.

10–19 | Copy that card. You may cast the copy by paying 1 rather than paying its mana cost.

20 | Copy each card exiled with Wizard's Spellbook. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Rare)
Worldheart Phoenix
Worldheart Phoenix 3Red (4)
Creature — Phoenix (2/2)

Flying

You may cast Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying WhiteBlueBlackRedGreen rather than paying its mana cost. If you do, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Modern Masters 2015 Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Conflux (Rare)
Xander's Pact
Xander's Pact 4BlackBlack (6)
Sorcery

Casualty 2 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)

Each opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may cast spells from among those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to that spell's mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

Streets of New Capenna Commander (Rare)
Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp
Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp 4BlueBlue (6)
Legendary Creature — Djinn (5/6)

You may pay 3Blue and tap an untapped artifact you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Flying

Commander Masters (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Dominaria (Rare)
Game Night (Rare)
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