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Kess, Dissident Mage

Commander 2017 #39 mythic
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
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Kess, Dissident Mage

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Live Value $4.60
Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)
Reprint Profile:
Printed 6 times HIGH RISK

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Rarity
mythic
Set Origin
Daily Shift
-0.86%
EDHREC Rank
#3,131
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Color Identity Black , Red , Blue
Power / Toughness 3 / 4
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Flying

Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

""Loss has no meaning here. You cannot take from those who have nothing.""

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Official Judge Precedents

7 Precedents

If a spell cast this way is put into another zone after it resolves (perhaps because it had buyback), it's considered a new object. If that card later moves to your graveyard, it won't be exiled.

If a sorcery card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.

If you cast one instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and then have a new Kess come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard that turn.

You must pay the costs to cast that card. If it has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.

Once you begin to cast the card, losing control of Kess won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal and it will be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard.

You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the card you cast from your graveyard.

If you cast a card from your graveyard using another permission (such as that of flashback), Kess's effect doesn't apply. You can cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2017-08-25
Artist Reference: Izzy
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer not_legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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