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Roving Actuator

Roving Actuator

{3}{R}
Artifact Creature — Robot

Void — When this creature enters, if a nonland permanent left the battlefield this turn or a spell was warped this turn, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

3/4

Illustrated by Sergey Glushakov

Formats
Legalstandard
Legalhistoric
Legaltimeless
Legalpioneer
Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Not Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Legalbrawl
Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#157
RarityUncommon
ReleasedAug 1, 2025
EDHREC rank#23,175

Prices

USD$0.15
USD foil$0.16
EUR€0.05
EUR foil€0.10
MTGO0.03 tix
Rulings (5)
  • 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, such as that of Embrace Oblivion, those must be paid to cast the spell.

    Jul 25, 2025 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Jul 25, 2025 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Jul 25, 2025 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

    Jul 25, 2025 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You cast the copy while Roving Actuator’s ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.

    Jul 25, 2025 · Wizards of the Coast

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