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Scholar of the Lost Trove

Card Name

Scholar of the Lost Trove

Mana Cost

5

Type

Creature – Sphinx

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

FlyingWhen Scholar of the Lost Trove enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.

Legal Formats

Commander, Historic, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Banned Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(6/23/2020)
If you wish to cast the target card, you must cast it while the triggered ability is resolving. You can't cast it later in the turn.
(6/23/2020)
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, those must be paid to cast the spell.
(6/23/2020)
If a spell has
X
 in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
(6/23/2020)
If you cast an artifact spell this way, it won't be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard this turn.