Spellbinder

Artifact - Equipment, 3 (3)

Imprint - When Spellbinder enters the battlefield, you may exile an instant card from your hand.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Equip {4}

Illus. Ron Spencer

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 12/1/2004: Spellbinder's second ability allows you to create a copy of the imprinted Instant card in the Exile zone (that's where the imprinted Instant card is) and then cast it without paying its mana cost.
• 12/1/2004: You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.
• 12/1/2004: If the copied card is a split card, you choose which one side of it to cast, but you can't cast both sides. You can choose the other side later in the game, though.
• 12/1/2004: Spellbinder imprints a card only once, when it enters the battlefield. Attaching Spellbinder to a creature doesn't trigger its enters-the-battlefield ability.
• 3/1/2005: The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern