“The blades of a Sultai assassin stab like the fangs of a dragon.”
Delve
Murderous Cut
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Instant
Mana Cost: {4}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Destroy target creature.
Flavor Text: The blades of a Sultai assassin stab like the fangs of a dragon.
Set: Khans of Tarkir (#81), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: Yohann Schepacz
Instant
Black
Uncommon
$0.33
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (3)
2021-03-19
You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.
2021-03-19
Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
2021-03-19
Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
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