Shiko, Paragon of the Way : Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Type: Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
Rarity: Mythic
Colors:
Number: 223
Finishes: nonfoil, foil
Reprint: No
Text: Flying, vigilance
When Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Printings: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM), Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
Legality
Alchemy | Brawl | ||
Commander | Duel | ||
Explorer | Gladiator | ||
Historic | Legacy | ||
Modern | Oathbreaker | ||
Pauper | Pauper Commander | ||
Penny | Pioneer | ||
Standard | Timeless |
Rulings
04/04/2025
A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn’t “created” and won’t interact with abilities that care about tokens being created.
04/04/2025
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.
04/04/2025
If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
04/04/2025
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, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
04/04/2025
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.
04/04/2025
You cast the copy while Shiko’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.