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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Eighth Edition8ED · #296★
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 41.58 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Each spell costs more to cast except during its controller's turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Mark Tedin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2003-07-28
Flavour text
"A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection." —Crystal Eastman, "Equality or Protection"
Rulings
The additional cost can be reduced by effects that reduce costs, such as Sapphire Medallion.
In Two-Headed Giant, spells don't cost extra on your own turn.
