Isochron Scepter
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact
Oracle Text:
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
{2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (11) →
Expansion: Secret Lair Countdown
Price ( USD): $10.15
USD: $10.15 · EUR: €5.06
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Character Background
Isochron Scepter reads like a piece of battlefield archaeology: you etch a single, cheap spell into its core and replay that moment on demand, which makes it ideal as a flexible combo/value engine rather than a pure aggro card. In practice it best supports combo and control strategies — imprint a card like Dramatic Reversal and pair the Scepter with mana rocks (Sol Ring, Mana Vault, or similar ramp) to generate effectively infinite mana, or imprint a cheap removal or counterspell (Lightning Bolt, Brainstorm, Counterspell) to lock opponents out and grind card advantage. Deckbuilding tip: build with a suite of one-mana or two-mana instants you’re happy repeating and include artifacts that either produce or untap mana so the Scepter becomes a win condition; also include redundancy (additional copy effects or tutors) since the Scepter can be countered or removed. Thematically it feels like a spell trapped in a relic, turned from single-use incantation into a reliable, repeatable resource.
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