Byway Barterer
Creature β Raccoon Rogue
Byway Barterer
Creature β Raccoon Rogue
Card Text
Menace
Whenever you expend 4, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw two cards. (You expend 4 as you spend your fourth total mana to cast spells during a turn.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- Power / Toughness
- 3 / 3
- EDHREC Rank
- #11,210
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (12)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow Promos (PBLB) | #129p | rare | en | Ryan Pancoast | $0.39 | $1.85 |
| Bloomburrow Promos (PBLB) | #129s | rare | en | Ryan Pancoast | β | $0.52 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #360 | rare | en | Ryan Pancoast | $0.28 | $0.32 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #129 | rare | en | Ryan Pancoast | $0.26 | $0.22 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #360 | rare | de | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #129 | rare | de | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #129 | rare | es | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #129 | rare | fr | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #360 | rare | fr | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #129 | rare | it | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #129 | rare | ja | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #360 | rare | ja | Ryan Pancoast | β | β |
Official Rulings (4)
If the cost to cast a spell is increased, decreased, or changed because of additional or alternative costs, expend counts only the mana you actually spent.
A permanent with an ability that triggers whenever you βexpend Nβ will see mana you spent to cast spells the turn it enters, including mana you spent before it entered. For example, if you cast Junkblade Bruiser (a creature with a mana value of 5 and an ability that triggers whenever you expend 4) by paying its full cost of five mana, youβll already have spent four mana on spells before Junkblade Bruiser enters, and therefore its ability that triggers whenever you expend 4 wonβt be able to trigger at all that turn.
You may choose to discard your hand even if your hand contains zero cards.
Abilities that trigger whenever you βexpend Nβ only trigger when you reach that specific amount of mana spent on casting spells that turn. This can only happen once per turn. For example, if youβve spent three mana on spells so far this turn and you control a permanent with an ability that triggers βwhenever you expend 4,β that ability will trigger the next time you spend at least one mana to cast a spell this turn. It wonβt trigger again if you spend another four mana to cast spells later in the turn.
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