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Magic: The Gathering · 30th Anniversary Edition · Rare

Illusionary Mask

Artifact

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Market price

1

Public deck

Illusionary Mask
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Rules Text

: You may choose a creature card in your hand whose mana cost could be paid by some amount of, or all of, the mana you spent on . If you do, you may cast that card face down as a 2/2 creature spell without paying its mana cost. If the creature that spell becomes as it resolves has not been turned face up and would assign or deal damage, be dealt damage, or become tapped, instead it's turned face up and assigns or deals damage, is dealt damage, or becomes tapped. Activate only as a sorcery.

Card Facts

Mana value
2
Colors
Colorless
EDHREC rank
#25,252
Reserved list
Yes
Rarity
Artist

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

PreDH

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Modern

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    Illusionary Mask's ability will continue to apply to creatures cast face down with it, even if Illusionary Mask has left the battlefield.

  2. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    While the creature card is face down, it's a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, color, creature type, abilities, or expansion symbol. Since it has no mana cost, its mana value is 0.

  3. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    You may look at a face-down spell or permanent you control at any time.

  4. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    You can turn a face-down permanent face up if it would have morph while face up. This applies to creatures you cast face down as a result of Illusionary Mask's effect. The rest of Illusionary Mask's effect applies to it as well.

  5. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    If you use the ability to cast a creature card face down, you must keep track of the amount and types of mana you spent on {X}. If that creature spell is moved from the stack to anywhere other than the battlefield, the resulting creature leaves the battlefield, or the game ends, the face-down card is revealed. If its mana cost couldn't be paid by some amount of, or all of, the mana you spent on {X}, all applicable penalties for casting a card illegally are assessed.

  6. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    You actually cast the card face-down, much as when playing a spell with Morph. It can be responded to and countered.

  7. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    The effect that turns it face-up is a replacement effect. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.

  8. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    You may not turn a face-down spell face up. You may not turn a face-down permanent face up unless it would have morph while face up or an effect specifically allows you to turn it face up. Illusionary Mask's ability has you turn a face-down creature face up if it would assign damage, deal damage, be dealt damage, or become tapped, but not for any other reason. For example, if you use Illusionary Mask's ability to cast a black creature face down, you can't turn it face up just because it's being targeted by Terror.

  9. Oct 1, 2009 · Wizards of the Coast

    Both the amount and types of mana you spend on {X} are taken into account while you're choosing a creature card from your hand. For example, if you spent {U}{U} on {X}, you can choose a creature card with mana cost {U}{U}, {1}{U}, {2}, or {W/U}{W/U}, among other possibilities, but not one that costs {2}{U} or one that costs {G}.

  10. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    The creature's "enters" abilities (and any other abilities relating to the creature entering) do not trigger when it turns face up.

  11. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    Only the controller of the face down creature can look at it.

  12. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    The creature enters face down, so none of its "enters" abilities will trigger or have any effect. Also none of its "As this enters" abilities apply.

Printings

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9 printings
30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition30A · $50.00
30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition30A
Magic Online Theme Decks
Magic Online Theme DecksTD0
Masters Edition III
Masters Edition IIIME3
Intl. Collectors' Edition
Intl. Collectors' EditionCEI · $39.72
Collectors' Edition
Collectors' EditionCED · $39.99
Unlimited Edition
Unlimited Edition2ED · $193.93
Limited Edition Beta
Limited Edition BetaLEB
Limited Edition Alpha
Limited Edition AlphaLEA
Community

Decks using this card

1 public deck runs Illusionary Mask.


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