Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Mana Value

3

Rarity

rare

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist

{1}{U}{R}
Color Identity: R U

Card Text

Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.

Power/Toughness: 2/2

Set

Jurassic World Collection

(REX)

EDHREC Rank

#10,653

Commander Legal

✓ Can be your Commander

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's first ability can trigger only once each turn for each player. It doesn't matter if Ian was on the battlefield when the first card was drawn. If you control it when a player draws their second card in a turn, that ability will trigger.

Wotc — November 10, 2023

Players must follow all applicable timing rules for casting spells with the permission granted by Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's last ability. For example, if the spell is a sorcery, it can only be cast during that player's main phase while the stack is empty.

Wotc — November 10, 2023

The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.

Wotc — November 10, 2023

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