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Cunning Nightbonder

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Cunning Nightbonder, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths printing
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths IKO · No. 219 2020-04-24

Card text

{U/B}{U/B}
Creature — Human Rogue
Flash Spells with flash you cast cost {1} less to cast and can't be countered.
2 / 2
Keywords: Flash
"We are each other's shadow, fleeting yet always present."
EDHREC rank #10441 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If Cunning Nightbonder enters the battlefield while a spell with flash that you cast is on the stack, that spell can't be countered, even though you don't get the {1} discount.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

Cunning Nightbonder's cost reduction applies only to generic mana in a spell's cost. It can't reduce a spell's colored mana requirements. For example, your first Cunning Nightbonder won't normally reduce the cost of your second since it has no generic mana in its cost.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

Cunning Nightbonder's last ability doesn't apply to itself while it's a spell.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

Players can't attempt to remove Cunning Nightbonder to raise the cost of a spell you wish to cast, but they can remove it to allow their spells and abilities to counter your spells.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Cunning Nightbonder). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

A spell or ability that counters spells can still target spells with flash you cast. When that spell or ability resolves, your spell won't be countered, but any additional effects of the countering spell or ability will still happen.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

Spells with flash that you control but didn't cast (perhaps because they're copies of a spell or because you took control of them from another player) can be countered.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Cunning Nightbonder, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths printing
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
IKO · #219
Uncommon
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Kunai Games · Condition MP