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Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

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2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician, Jurassic World Collection printing
Jurassic World Collection REX · No. 13 2023-11-17

Card text

{1}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.
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"You've heard of chaos theory?"
EDHREC rank #11338 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

3 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Players must follow all applicable timing rules for casting spells with the permission granted by Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's last ability. For example, if the spell is a sorcery, it can only be cast during that player's main phase while the stack is empty.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's first ability can trigger only once each turn for each player. It doesn't matter if Ian was on the battlefield when the first card was drawn. If you control it when a player draws their second card in a turn, that ability will trigger.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician, Jurassic World Collection printing
Jurassic World Collection
REX · #38
Rare
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