Spellbinder
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| Commander | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Predh | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Card Set | Darksteel |
| Card Type | Artifact — Equipment |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Mana Cost | |
| Card Text | 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 |
| Card Number | #143 |
| Artist | Ron Spencer |
| Subtypes | Equipment |
| Keywords | Equip , Imprint |
| Card Languages | Chinese Simplified , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish |
| Frame Version | 2003 |
| Border Color | Black |
| EDHREC Rank | 14607 |
| Has Foil? | Yes |
| Reprint? | No |
| Is Promo? | No |
| Oversized? | No |
| Joke Card? | No |
| In Starter? | No |
| Time Shifted? | No |
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Card Rulings
2004-12-01Spellbinder imprints a card only once, when it enters. Attaching Spellbinder to a creature doesn't trigger its "enters" ability.
2004-12-01Spellbinder'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.
2004-12-01You 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.
2004-12-01If 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.
2005-03-01The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.