Spellbinder (Darksteel) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Spellbinder

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Spellbinder

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Artifact - Equipment

Card Text:

Imprint When Spellbinder comes into play, you may remove an instant card in your hand from the game.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may copy the imprinted instant card and play the copy without paying its mana cost.

Equip

Expansion:

Darksteel

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

143

Artist:

Ron Spencer

Language:

English

Rulings

12/1/2004	Spellbinder's second ability allows you to create a copy of the imprinted instant card in the Exile zone (that's where the imprinted instant card is) and then cast it without paying its mana cost.
12/1/2004	You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.
12/1/2004	If the copied card is a split card, you choose which one side of it to cast, but you can't cast both sides. You can choose the other side later in the game, though.
12/1/2004	Spellbinder imprints a card only once, when it enters. Attaching Spellbinder to a creature doesn't trigger its "enters" ability.
3/1/2005	The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.