Council of the Absolute
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dragon's MazeDGM · #62
- Card type
- Creature — Human Advisor
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 0.48 € · ★ 0.67 € · 0.33 $ · ★ 1.06 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White Blue
Card text
As this creature enters, choose a noncreature, nonland card name. Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name. Spells with the chosen name you cast cost less to cast.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Zoltan Boros
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2013-05-03
Rulings
If a spell with the chosen name includes one generic mana in its cost to cast, that cost will be reduced by .
If there are additional costs to cast the spell, such as kicker costs, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
If you name half of a split card with fuse, and then you cast both halves, the cost reduction will apply to the total cost of the spell. This is true even if the half with the chosen name requires only colored mana to cast.
The last ability can reduce alternative costs such as overload costs.
The last ability can’t reduce the colored mana requirement of a spell.
You can name either half of a split card, but not both. If you name half of a split card, your opponents can cast the other half. If that split card has fuse, your opponents can’t cast that card as a fused split card.