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Ardenvale Paladin

Card Name

Ardenvale Paladin

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Human Knight

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Adamant — If at least three white mana was spent to cast this spell, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Flavor Text

「たとえ希望が夜に抗うかすかな炎一つだけになろうとも、私は王の不在を守る。」

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2019)
If an effect allows you to cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you can't choose to cast it and pay unless another rule or effect allows you to cast that spell for a cost. Similarly, you can't waive a cost reduction unless that effect says you may.
(10/4/2019)
Adamant effects check what mana was actually spent to cast a spell. If an effect allows you to spend mana "as though it were mana" of any color or type, that allows you to spend mana you couldn't otherwise spend, but it doesn't change what mana you spent to cast the spell.
(10/4/2019)
If you copy a spell that has an adamant ability, no mana was spent to cast the copy at all, so that ability won't apply.