Isochron Scepter
Isochron Scepter: Artifact, Mystery Booster 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 96
- Artist
- Mark Harrison
- Commander rank
- 734 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Imprint
Build around this card with Grover
About Isochron Scepter
Isochron Scepter is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 96 in that set, with art by Mark Harrison. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Mirrodin (2003) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $8.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Imprint - When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
{2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $8.61 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Isochron Scepter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Isochron Scepter
Isochron Scepter has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #36 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #9 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #MRD-188 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #264 | Rare | 2020 |
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #223 | Rare | 2016 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35064 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) #16 | Uncommon | 2012 |
| From the Vault: Relics (V10) #3 | Mythic | 2010 |
| Friday Night Magic 2008 (F08) #11 | Rare | 2008 |
| Mirrodin (MRD) #188 | Uncommon | 2003 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Isochron Scepter, newest first.
- You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.
- If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
- If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- If Isochron Scepter leaves the battlefield while the activated ability is on the stack, the ability can still make a copy. On the other hand, if the imprinted card leaves the exile zone while the activated ability is on the stack, the copy can't be made.
- If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
Similar cards
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