Rod of Absorption
Artifact
Rod of Absorption
Artifact
Card Text
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves.
, , Sacrifice this artifact: You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled with this artifact with total mana value X or less without paying their mana costs.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #10,962
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (16)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #288 | rare | en | Svetlin Velinov | $0.72 | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | en | Svetlin Velinov | $0.53 | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #288 | rare | de | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | de | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #288 | rare | es | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | es | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #288 | rare | fr | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | fr | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | it | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #288 | rare | it | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #288 | rare | ja | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | ja | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | pt | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | ru | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | zhs | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #19 | rare | zht | Svetlin Velinov | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
If you cast a spell βwithout paying its mana cost,β you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell.
Each Rod of Absorption tracks the cards it has exiled separately. If Rod of Absorption is destroyed and then later brought back to the battlefield, it will not be able to access any of the cards that it had exiled before.
When Rod of Absorption's last ability resolves, you cast as many spells with total mana value X or less from among the exiled cards as you would like in any order you choose. Cards not cast this way will remain in exile indefinitely.
If a spell is countered or it never resolves, Rod of Absorption will not exile it.
If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
If multiple Rods of Absorption are on the battlefield at the same time, any player casting an instant or sorcery spell will cause all of them to trigger. As the spell resolves, its controller will choose which of the Rods gets to exile it.
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