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Scheme

OE01Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes#20★common
Oversized

"Don't fret, infants. It wouldn't have worked anyway."

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Yohann Schepacz
Printings2
CommanderNot legalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyNot legal
VintageNot legal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderNot legal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

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
When you set this scheme in motion, each opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Plays as:
Opponent Mill
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+0.4%
$2.52
$0.35 low$0.34 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.33· across 2 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Jun 13, 2017
  • WotCJun 13, 2017

    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.

  • WotCJun 13, 2017

    If the owner of one of the exiled cards leaves the game, that card leaves the game as well.

  • WotCJun 13, 2017

    If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, you must pay those to cast the card.

  • WotCJun 13, 2017

    Now you have learned.

  • WotCJun 13, 2017

    You must cast any of the exiled cards you wish to cast for free while this scheme's ability is resolving. You can't wait until later in the turn. Any cards not cast this way remain exiled for the rest of the game. The spells will be added to the stack in the order that you cast them.