Shiko, Paragon of the Way
Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
Rarity
Mythic
Mana Cost
Artist
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Power / Toughness
4 / 5
Oracle Text
Flying, vigilance When Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)Rules for this card
Rulings (6)
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Wizards of the CoastA resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn’t “created” and won’t interact with abilities that care about tokens being created.
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Wizards of the CoastIf a spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
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Wizards of the CoastIf 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.
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Wizards of the CoastIf 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, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
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Wizards of the CoastYou cast the copy while Shiko’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.
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Wizards of the CoastIf the spell you cast has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.