---
name: "Because I Have Willed It"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Ongoing Scheme"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "OE01"
set_name: "Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes"
collector_number: "1★"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adrian Majkrzak"
oracle_id: "125b1dc2-020e-474e-8d8d-355b574dbddc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/because-i-have-willed-it-oe01"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Because I Have Willed It
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Ongoing Scheme

## Oracle Text
(An ongoing scheme remains face up until it's abandoned.)
Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
At the beginning of your opponents' end step, if they cast four or more spells this turn, abandon this scheme.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ertai's Scorn](/printing/ertais-scorn-dmu.md) — Instant
2. [Oppression](/printing/oppression-7ed.md) — Enchantment
3. [Journey to Oblivion](/printing/journey-to-oblivion-znr.md) — Enchantment
4. [Vexing Bauble](/printing/vexing-bauble-mh3.md) — Artifact
5. [Deem Inferior](/printing/deem-inferior-mh3.md) — Sorcery
6. [Baral, Chief of Compliance](/printing/baral-chief-of-compliance-aer.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes (OE01) #1★
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adrian Majkrzak

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2017-06-13)* If an instant or sorcery spell has {X} in its mana cost, choose the value for X first, then reduce the cost by {1}. For example, Volcanic Geyser with X chosen as 4 costs {3}{R}{R} to cast if this scheme is face up.
- *(2017-06-13)* Abilities that reduce the cost of a spell apply after abilities that raise them. For example, Borrowed Malevolence with both modes chosen costs {1}{B} to cast if this scheme is face up.
- *(2017-06-13)* If an opponent cast a spell during the opposing team’s turn and then left the game, that spell counts when determining whether the last ability of this scheme triggers.
- *(2017-06-13)* For this scheme’s second ability to trigger, the players on the opposing team must have cast four spells total among them.
- *(2017-06-13)* The second ability only checks that four or more spells were cast. It doesn’t matter if those spells are countered or fail to resolve for other reasons.
- *(2017-06-13)* Effects that reduce the generic mana cost of a spell can’t reduce that spell’s colored mana requirements.