![]() Graveyard recursion and other effects can let you get spells back without paying their mana cost, or you could use Omniscience to make everything free. Some cards like Fallaji Wayfarer can grant convoke to other cards or otherwise make them free. Mental Misstep and Gitaxian Probe can each cost you just two life thanks to Phyrexian mana, but isn’t life still a resource? That includes how Wild Growth refunds itself the first time the land it enchants is tapped. How about mana dorks and mana rocks that are eventually net-positive? Net-positive doesn’t negate the upfront investment. What do you do with cards like Snap and Cloud of Faeries that untap lands? You still have to pay the initial mana somehow. I have to draw the “free” line somewhere. ![]() ![]() Mogg Salvage and Snuff Out care about lands, while the free commander spells like Fierce Guardianship care about your commander. Looking for something more involved? Some free spells have conditions that depend on the permanents that you or your opponent control. Other cards like Khalni Hydra, Hollow One, and Not of This World cost less depending on the state of the board or other actions taking place. You can always pay zero for the of an X spell, although there aren’t usually benefits to that unless you just care about cast triggers. You can start the game with a Leyline in play if it’s in your opening hand. There are cards with a madness cost of zero, and others with a suspend cost of zero. Some cards with flashback ask you to tap or sacrifice creatures rather than pay mana to bring them back. Some keywords that can lead to free spells include convoke, improvise, and affinity. Spells with as their casting cost are known as “cheerios.” Ancient Stone Idol | Illustration by Josh Hassįree spells in Magic either have a as their casting cost, have cost-reduction that can reduce them to 0-cost spells, or have other ways of casting them without paying mana.
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