Inscription of Insight
Sorcery
Inscription of Insight
Sorcery
Card Text
Kicker
Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead.
β’ Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands.
β’ Scry 2, then draw two cards.
β’ Target player creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the number of cards in their hand.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #13,350
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (18)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #83802 | rare | en | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) | #61s | rare | en | Zoltan Boros | β | $0.28 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | en | Zoltan Boros | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) | #61p | rare | en | Zoltan Boros | $0.32 | $0.30 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #329 | rare | en | Zoltan Boros | $0.17 | $0.32 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | de | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #329 | rare | de | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | es | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #329 | rare | fr | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | fr | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | it | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #329 | rare | ja | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | ja | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | ko | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | pt | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | ru | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | zhs | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) | #61 | rare | zht | Zoltan Boros | β | β |
Official Rulings (10)
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
The value of X is determined only as you perform the third mode while Inscription of Insight is resolving. Once that happens, the value of X won't change even if the number of cards in the player's hand changes.
If any targets become illegal, the other targets will still be affected as appropriate. If any targets are chosen and every target becomes illegal, Inscription of Insight doesn't resolve. You won't scry 2 or draw two cards if the middle mode was chosen.
If more than one mode is chosen, perform them in the order written. Nothing can happen in between, however, and no player may choose to take actions. Any abilities that trigger will be put onto the stack after the spell has finished resolving.
If you kick Inscription of Insight, you can't choose any one mode more than once.
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