Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Shiko, Paragon of the Way {2}{U}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature - Spirit Dragon
Flying, vigilance
When Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
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Details
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2025-04-04 A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn't "created" and won't interact with abilities that care about tokens being created.
  • 2025-04-04 If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • 2025-04-04 If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • 2025-04-04 If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
  • 2025-04-04 If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
  • 2025-04-04 You cast the copy while Shiko's last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.
Printings
  • Tarkir: Dragonstorm 223 317 370 (mythic)
  • Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos 223p 223s (mythic)

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Foreign names
  • Shiko, Vorbild des Weges
  • Shiko, parangon de la Voie
  • Shiko, Modello della Via
  • 道の体現者、シィコ
  • Shiko, paradigma de la sabiduría