Card

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Mana cost {2}{B}{G}{U}

Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue 5/5

Spells you cast but don't own cost {1} less to cast. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 4 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · OTC · #1
Cheapest printing
€0.61
EDHREC salt
0.59
Color identity
Black, Green, Blue

Scryfall · EDHREC

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

No known combos for this card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
    Playing an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can’t play it multiple times.
  • 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
    You may look at and play cards exiled face down with Gonti’s last ability (and spend mana of any type to do so) even if Gonti leaves the battlefield. If another player gains control of Gonti, that player can’t look at or play cards already exiled with Gonti, and you still can.
  • 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you leave the game, any remaining face-down exiled cards remain exiled face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
  • 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
    You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played from exile with Gonti’s last ability. For example, if the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast