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Rod of Absorption

{2}{U}

Artifact

AFCForgotten Realms Commander#19rare
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Svetlin Velinov
Found in
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck Dungeons of Death
Printings2Combos3EDHREC rank#11,890
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves. {X}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled with this artifact with total mana value X or less without paying their mana costs.
Plays as:
Spell Payoff
Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+6.4%
$0.50
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Rulings

6 · latest Jul 23, 2021
  • WotCJul 23, 2021

    Each Rod of Absorption tracks the cards it has exiled separately. If Rod of Absorption is destroyed and then later brought back to the battlefield, it will not be able to access any of the cards that it had exiled before.

  • WotCJul 23, 2021

    If a spell is countered or it never resolves, Rod of Absorption will not exile it.

  • WotCJul 23, 2021

    If multiple Rods of Absorption are on the battlefield at the same time, any player casting an instant or sorcery spell will cause all of them to trigger. As the spell resolves, its controller will choose which of the Rods gets to exile it.

  • WotCJul 23, 2021

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCJul 23, 2021

    If 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, you must pay those to cast the spell.

  • WotCJul 23, 2021

    When Rod of Absorption's last ability resolves, you cast as many spells with total mana value X or less from among the exiled cards as you would like in any order you choose. Cards not cast this way will remain in exile indefinitely.