First printed in Betrayers of Kamigawa (2005)
Instant — Arcane
You may exile a green card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
You gain X life.
- Illustrated by
- Greg Staples
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- If a card in a player's hand has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. - If a spell has in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.04 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
