Mysterious Stranger

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Mysterious Stranger: Creature - Human Rogue, Fallout. Flash. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Human Rogue
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Fallout (PIP)
Released
2024-03-08
Collector number
63
Artist
Xavier Ribeiro
Commander rank
9,149 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash

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About Mysterious Stranger

Mysterious Stranger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Fallout (PIP), a Commander product released in March 2024. It is collector number 63 in that set, with art by Xavier Ribeiro. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Fallout is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flash

When this creature enters, for each graveyard with an instant or sorcery card in it, exile target instant or sorcery card from that graveyard. If two or more cards are exiled this way, choose one of them at random and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Mysterious Stranger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Mysterious Stranger

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Fallout (PIP) #334Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #591Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #862Rare2024

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Mysterious Stranger, newest first.

  • You cast the copy while Mysterious Stranger’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.
  • 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 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 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 spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the card.

Similar cards

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