March of Otherworldly Light
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of white cards from your hand. This spell costs
less to cast for each card exiled this way.
Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment with mana value X or less.
Illustrated by Nils Hamm ยท Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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You may exile more cards than necessary for March of Otherworldly Light's first ability, but you can't reduce the mana it costs to less than
this way.
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For example, say you wanted to choose a target with mana value 6. You need X to be at least 6. You could choose to cast March of Otherworldly Light by paying
. You could also exile white cards from your hand to reduce that cost by
for each one. If you had a reason to, you could even choose a greater value for X.
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The mana value of March of Otherworldly Light while it's on the stack is the value chosen for X plus 1, no matter how much mana you actually paid to cast it.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Elminster 100.0% of lists
- Quintorius, History Chaser 100.0% of lists
- Satya, Aetherflux Genius 100.0% of lists
Show 3 more Duel Commander archetypes
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd 66.7% of lists
- Aragorn, King of Gondor 40.0% of lists
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 5.6% of lists
Modern
- Jeskai Blink 97.1% of lists
- Goryo's Vengeance 62.5% of lists
- Azorius Control 47.1% of lists
Show 5 more Modern archetypes
- Esper Blink 30.7% of lists
- Indomitable Creativity 18.8% of lists
- Boros Ponza 6.5% of lists
- Other 6.2% of lists
- Boros Energy 4.0% of lists
Pioneer
- Azorius Control 100.0% of lists
- Boros Ponza 44.4% of lists
- Selesnya Company 44.0% of lists
Show 1 more Pioneer archetypes
- Other 1.6% of lists
Vintage
- Mono-White Initiative 6.3% of lists