Spellbinder

Darksteel (DST) #143 · Rare · Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {3}

Imprint — When this Equipment enters, you may exile an instant card from your hand.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Equip {4}

Illustrated by Ron Spencer · Released February 6, 2004

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.11 USD (1.7%) to $6.42 USD; low $5.99 USD, high $6.42 USD.

Printings

  1. Darksteel #143 (this printing) · Rare · 2004 · $6.42 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2004-12-01 · wotc — Spellbinder's second ability allows you to create a copy of the imprinted instant card in the Exile zone (that's where the imprinted instant card is) and then cast it without paying its mana cost.
  2. 2004-12-01 · wotc — Spellbinder imprints a card only once, when it enters. Attaching Spellbinder to a creature doesn't trigger its "enters" ability.
  3. 2004-12-01 · wotc — You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.
  4. 2004-12-01 · wotc — If the copied card is a split card, you choose which one side of it to cast, but you can't cast both sides. You can choose the other side later in the game, though.
  5. 2005-03-01 · wotc — The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.

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