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Saheeli's Directive

c18Commander 2018#26rare
{X}{R}{R}{R}
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Printings

This is the only printing — Commander 2018 #26.

Card details
Artist
Craig J Spearing
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Sorcery

Improvise (Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.

Abilities
Improvise
SpellReveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of artifact cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.
Plays as
Treasure PayoffX Spell
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Craig J Spearing
Rulings
  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    All of the artifacts put onto the battlefield this way enter at the same time. If any have triggered abilities that trigger on something else entering the battlefield, they'll see each other.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    If a card in your library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    Improvise can't be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can't be used during the resolution of an ability that says "Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}."

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    Improvise can't pay for {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, or {C} mana symbols in a spell's total cost.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    Saheeli's Directive considers the individual mana values of the artifact cards you reveal. The sum of their mana values may be greater than X.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.

  • WotCJul 13, 2018

    When using improvise to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Saheeli's Directive and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{R}{R}{R}. If you tap two artifacts, you'll have to pay {1}{R}{R}{R}.