Helga, Skittish Seer
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Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 4 or greater, you draw a card, gain 1 life, and put a +1/+1 counter on Helga.
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is Helga's power. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with {X} in their mana costs.
What it does
Tagged as Ramp · Card draw · +1/+1 counters — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- If you spend the mana added by Helga's last ability on a creature spell with {X} in its mana cost, the mana can be spent on any part of that spell's total cost. You're not limited to spending it only on the {X} part. (2024-07-26)
- Helga's last ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. (2024-07-26)
- If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for that X to determine the mana value of that spell. (2024-07-26)
- You don't have to spend all the mana added by Helga's last ability on the same spell. (2024-07-26)
Printings & prices
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