Question 1

Ruling for Shiko, Paragon of the Way: If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it ...

Accepted Answer

If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

Question 2

Ruling for Shiko, Paragon of the Way: If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value o...

Accepted Answer

If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Question 3

Ruling for Shiko, Paragon of the Way: A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn’t “created...

Accepted Answer

A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn’t “created” and won’t interact with abilities that care about tokens being created.

Question 4

Ruling for Shiko, Paragon of the Way: If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when ca...

Accepted Answer

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Question 5

Ruling for Shiko, Paragon of the Way: If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to ex...

Accepted Answer

If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.

Question 6

Ruling for Shiko, Paragon of the Way: You cast the copy while Shiko’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack...

Accepted Answer

You cast the copy while Shiko’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM)	#223p	mythic	en	Victor Adame Minguez	$2.11	$3.96
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#317	mythic	en	Dibujante Nocturno	$5.42	$7.60
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#223	mythic	de	Victor Adame Minguez	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#317	mythic	de	Dibujante Nocturno	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#370	mythic	de	Anastasia Ovchinnikova	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#370	mythic	es	Anastasia Ovchinnikova	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#317	mythic	es	Dibujante Nocturno	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#223	mythic	es	Victor Adame Minguez	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#370	mythic	fr	Anastasia Ovchinnikova	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#317	mythic	fr	Dibujante Nocturno	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#223	mythic	fr	Victor Adame Minguez	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#223	mythic	it	Victor Adame Minguez	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#317	mythic	it	Dibujante Nocturno	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#370	mythic	it	Anastasia Ovchinnikova	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#370	mythic	ja	Anastasia Ovchinnikova	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#317	mythic	ja	Dibujante Nocturno	—	—
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)	#223	mythic	ja	Victor Adame Minguez	—	—

Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Shiko, Paragon of the Way

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