Abstruse Appropriation

Name
Abstruse Appropriation

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Modern Horizons 3 Promos

Rarity
Rare

Text

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Exile target nonland permanent. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend colorless mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.


Flavor Text

"Kozilek experiences reality on his own terms."
—Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims


Number
#177s

Other Prints
Modern Horizons 3

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Paper

Rulings

(07/06/2024)
If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.


(07/06/2024)
Abstruse Appropriation doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.


(07/06/2024)
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield. You can't cast it.


(07/06/2024)
Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid a color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.


(07/06/2024)
A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.


(07/06/2024)
Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.


(07/06/2024)
In the rare case where the exiled card is a land card (probably because that land became a copy of a permanent while it was still on the battlefield), you won't be able to play it from exile.


(07/06/2024)
Devoid doesn't affect the color identity of the card for the purposes of the Commander variant. For example, while Abstruse Appropriation is colorless because it has devoid, its color identity is still white and black, and it can't be included in a Commander deck where the commander's color identity doesn't include both white and black.


(07/06/2024)
In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Abstruse Appropriation's effect are exiled, and any cards still exiled by it remain exiled.


Artist
Jason Rainville

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