Cunning Rhetoric
Commander Masters (CMM) #864 · Rare · Enchantment
Mana cost: {2}{B}
Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Illustrated by Chris Rallis · Released August 4, 2023
Prices
- Nonfoil: $3.69 USD · €1.81 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.65 USD (15.0%) to $3.69 USD; low $3.57 USD, high $4.34 USD.
Printings
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #129 (OTC) · Rare · 2024 · $3.71 USD
- Commander Masters #864 (this printing) · Rare · 2023 · $3.69 USD
- Magic Online Promos #90072 (PRM) · Rare · 2021
- Commander 2021 #365 (C21) · Rare · 2021 · $4.77 USD
- Commander 2021 #38 (C21) · Rare · 2021 · $2.34 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2021-04-16 · wotc — You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
- 2021-04-16 · wotc — You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the exiled card. If it's a land, you can't play it unless you have land plays available.
- 2021-04-16 · wotc — If you play a card this way, it leaves exile and becomes a new object. If it returns to exile later in the turn, you can't play it again.
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