
Card database
Isochron Scepter
Legal
Type line
Artifact
Oracle text
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. , : You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Rulings
- You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.2020-08-07
- If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.2020-08-07
- If a spell has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.2020-08-07
- If Isochron Scepter leaves the battlefield while the activated ability is on the stack, the ability can still make a copy. On the other hand, if the imprinted card leaves the exile zone while the activated ability is on the stack, the copy can't be made.2020-08-07
- 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, those must be paid to cast the spell.2020-08-07
Market price
$11.54
Commanders that play this card

Urza, Lord High Artificer
4 decks

Vivi Ornitier
2 decks

Akiri, Line-Slinger
1 deck

Crystal, Inhuman Princess
1 deck

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
1 deck

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
1 deck

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 deck

Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
1 deck

Shorikai, Genesis Engine
1 deck

Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
1 deck

Speedball, New Warrior
1 deck

The First Sliver
1 deck

Toxrill, the Corrosive
1 deck
Use over time
14 public decks with Isochron Scepter saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.
Jul 27This week
Often played with
Across the 17 public decks that play Isochron Scepter.
16 of 17 (94%)
15 of 17 (88%)
14 of 17 (82%)
14 of 17 (82%)
13 of 17 (76%)
13 of 17 (76%)
12 of 17 (71%)
12 of 17 (71%)
12 of 17 (71%)
12 of 17 (71%)