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Fist of Suns

Card Name

Fist of Suns

Mana Cost

3

Type

Artifact

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

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

Flavor Text

"Willem put it on and started shooting sparks from his hands like some kind of wizard! Was supposed to be my turn next, but the blasted thing won't come off his hand. Send help." —Brazen Coalition expedition dispatch

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(12/1/2004)
Fist of Suns's ability is an alternative cost to cast a spell. You can't combine this with other alternative costs, such as flashback. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker, in addition to this alternative cost.
(12/1/2004)
If you apply Fist of Suns's alternative cost to a spell with
X
 in its mana cost, X is 0.
(12/1/2004)
If you cast a spell for which mana of any color can be spent to cast it, you may cast it for Fist of Suns's alternative cost and still spend any color of mana to cover that cost.
(2/1/2014)
If you pay rather than pay the mana cost of a spell with
X
 in its mana cost, the only legal choice for X is 0.