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The List of Free Spells and Similar Effects

Unknown Affinity Delver Discard Madness Reanimator Theme/Gimmick

SirFowler

EDH (342)

Pauper (91)

Green (58)

Black (57)

White (52)

Removal (32)

Vintage Restricted (14)

Affinity (11)

Phyrexian Mana (9)

Opponent Discard (7)

Commander Check (5)

Grandeur (5)

Land Check And Creature Tap (5)

Land Check And Opponent (4)

Cast And Graveyard Check (2)

Improvise (2)

Removal And Life (2)

Artifact Check (1)

Creature Cast Trigger (1)

Discard Check (1)

Forecast (1)

Land Check And Reveal (1)

Learn (1)

Opponent Discard and Land Check (1)

Reveal (1)

Sacrifice And Life (1)

Legacy (333)

Colorless (91)

Convoke (82)

Zero Cost (57)

Red (44)

Opening Hand (19)

X Cost (16)

Begins In Play (12)

Land Check (11)

Creature ETB Trigger (8)

Flashback (5)

Graveyard Check And Sacrifice (5)

Return (5)

Trap (4)

Creature Check (2)

Land Check And Life (2)

Sneak (2)

Attraction and Graveyard Check (1)

Discard And Life (1)

Face Up Check (1)

Graveyard Check And Creature Death (1)

Land Check And Scry (1)

Lifegain And Graveyard Check (1)

Power Target Check (1)

Scavenge (1)

Vintage (327)

Modern (231)

Blue (44)

Standard (27)

Gold (15)

Sacrifice (12)

Casual (10)

Discard (6)

Graveyard Check (6)

Graveyard and Land Check (5)

Splice (5)

Madness (3)

Artist Check (2)

Graveyard Check And Creature Tap (2)

Land Check And Sacrifice (2)

Suspend (2)

Discard And Sacrifice (1)

First Spell Cast Check (1)

Hand Check And Sacrifice (1)

Land ETB Trigger (1)

Modified Check (1)

Spell Cast Check (1)


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There is always a price to pay for freedom, but how far are you willing to go?


My definition of "playing cards for free" means not needing to tap lands for mana in order to cast them or use the cards ability. Whether you have to remove/discard cards, begin the with them in play, pay life, tap creatures, or cards that straight up cost 0 mana, then I consider it to be free. I'm not going to include every land because that is not only a given, but there is already a list of every land stated here.

A big thanks to rshizzle, Caes, Sinist3r, and shuflw for helping me complete my list.

If there any cards that I have missed, suggest them and I'll add them to the list. Should I add suspend cards? Cards that untap lands like Cloud of Faeries, Frantic Search, or Snap? Should dredge be included? What about contraptions? Should I include other MTGA only formats such as Historic, Brawl, or Explorer? And lastly, what about other formats such as Oathbreaker or Pioneer? Let me know down in the comments on your thoughts about the definition of free cast/similar effect and what should or shouldn't be allowed. And lastly, if there were any bans of any of these cards in any of the formats, let me know. I don't really keep up to date with a lot of the formats.

If you want to check out more 'Guides to Building', check out this folder for more lists put together by the wonderful people of the community.

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Revision 60 See all

(4 months ago)

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Top Ranked
  • Achieved #31 position overall 7 years ago
  • Achieved #1 position in Unknown 2 years ago
Date added 8 years
Last updated 4 months
Legality

This deck is Unknown legal.

Rarity (main - side)

22 - 0 Mythic Rares

142 - 0 Rares

97 - 0 Uncommons

100 - 0 Commons

Cards 361
Avg. CMC 3.44
Tokens Angel 4/4 W, Avatar 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Construct 6/12 C, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Pinging, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste, Elf Knight 2/2 GW, Food, Giant 4/4 R, Gnome 1/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm */* G, Zombie 2/2 B
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