Card
Anrakyr the Traveller
Mana cost {4}{B}
Legendary Artifact Creature — Necron 4/4
Lord of the Pyrrhian Legions — Whenever Anrakyr the Traveller attacks, you may cast an artifact spell from your hand or graveyard by paying life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 1 known combo. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · 40K · #28
- Cheapest printing
- €1.38
- EDHREC salt
- 0.11
- Color identity
- Black
- Keywords
- Lord of the Pyrrhian Legions
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
1 known combo.
- Second Chance + Form of the Dragon + Encroaching Mycosynth + Anrakyr the Traveller
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast
You may only cast a spell this way by paying the appropriate amount of life. You may not pay its normal cost and may not pay any other alternative costs. You may still pay for additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those. - 2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost this way, the only legal choice for X is 0.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast