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Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

{1}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist

Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library.

During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.

"You've heard of chaos theory?"

2/2

Illustrated by Caio Monteiro

Formats
Not Legalstandard
Not Legalhistoric
Not Legaltimeless
Not Legalpioneer
Not Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Not Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Not Legalbrawl
Not Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#13
RarityRare
ReleasedNov 17, 2023
EDHREC rank#11,310

Prices

USD$6.47
USD foil$10.61
EUR€3.87
EUR foil€11.87
MTGO1.83 tix
Rulings (3)
  • Players must follow all applicable timing rules for casting spells with the permission granted by Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's last ability. For example, if the spell is a sorcery, it can only be cast during that player's main phase while the stack is empty.

    Nov 10, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.

    Nov 10, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's first ability can trigger only once each turn for each player. It doesn't matter if Ian was on the battlefield when the first card was drawn. If you control it when a player draws their second card in a turn, that ability will trigger.

    Nov 10, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

Printings (2)

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