CREATURE — SPHINX
Scholar of the Lost Trove
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
FORMATS
CommanderLEGAL
Brawl (Historic)LEGAL
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardNOT LEGAL
ModernNOT LEGAL
PioneerNOT LEGAL
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- WWizards of the Coast2020-06-23Official RulingIf a spell has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- WWizards of the Coast2020-06-23Official RulingIf you wish to cast the target card, you must cast it while the triggered ability is resolving. You can’t cast it later in the turn.
- WWizards of the Coast2020-06-23Official RulingIf you cast an artifact spell this way, it won’t be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard this turn.
- WWizards of the Coast2020-06-23Official RulingIf 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. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
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COMMENTS · 1
- Wizards of the Coast2026-02-09Scholar of the Lost Trove was banned in historic on February 9, 2026. Lastly, we are unhappy with the extreme polarity of the Scholar Combo deck and are banning Scholar of the Lost Trove to reduce the number of best-of-one games that end abruptly. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-february-9-2026