Sorcerous Squall
Sorcery
- Border
- borderless
- Security stamp
- triangle
- Frame
- 2015 · Full art
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 24–293
- Illustrator
- Matt Stewart
- Found in
- The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Special Edition Collector Booster Pack
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Target opponent mills nine cards, then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.Plays as: Mill Finisher · Opponent Mill
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6 · latest Nov 3, 2023 · one tap opens all
- WotCNov 3, 2023
Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
- WotCNov 3, 2023
Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Sorcerous Squall's mana value is 9 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
- WotCNov 3, 2023
If the spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. - WotCNov 3, 2023
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the card.
- WotCNov 3, 2023
If you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you do so as part of the resolution of Sorcerous Squall. You can't wait to cast one later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on a spell's type are ignored.
- WotCNov 3, 2023
You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than six cards from your graveyard to cast Sorcerous Squall unless an effect has increased its cost.