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Spellbinder

Darksteel #143 rare
Artifact — Equipment |
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Spellbinder

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Live Value $6.31
Foil Multiplier: 4.02x
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Never Reprinted MINIMAL

Never reprinted since its original release.

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EDHREC Rank
#15,273
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Oracle Data

Card Type Artifact — Equipment
Color Identity Colorless
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Imprint — When this Equipment enters, you may exile an instant card from your hand.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Equip 4
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Official Judge Precedents

5 Precedents

Spellbinder's second ability allows you to create a copy of the imprinted instant card in the Exile zone (that's where the imprinted instant card is) and then cast it without paying its mana cost.

Spellbinder imprints a card only once, when it enters. Attaching Spellbinder to a creature doesn't trigger its "enters" ability.

You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.

If the copied card is a split card, you choose which one side of it to cast, but you can't cast both sides. You can choose the other side later in the game, though.

The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2004-02-06
Set Name: Darksteel
Artist Reference: Ron Spencer
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • 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 legal
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