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Obsessive Search VMA

Other printings of "Obsessive Search": TOR #43 DMR #61 VMA #83

Card

id99830
artistJim Nelson
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colorIdentityU
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colorsU
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finishesnonfoil, foil
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flavorTextThe question strained his sanity. The answer snapped it in half.
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isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly1
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint1
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywordsMadness
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost{U}
manaValue1
nameObsessive Search
number83
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalTextDraw a card.
Madness {U} (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)
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signature
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subtypes
supertypes
textDraw a card.
Madness {U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
toughness
typeInstant
typesInstant
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setNameVintage Masters

Identifiers

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Legalities

id99830
alchemy
brawl
commanderLegal
duelLegal
future
gladiator
historic
legacyLegal
modern
oathbreakerLegal
oldschool
pauperLegal
paupercommanderLegal
pennyLegal
pioneer
predhLegal
premodernLegal
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid43d9e0f3-17df-5119-bfb8-35c0170a4e75
vintageLegal

Purchase URLs

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Rulings

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2022-12-08A card with madness that's discarded counts as having been discarded even though it's put into exile rather than a graveyard. If it was discarded to pay a cost, that cost is still paid. Abilities that trigger when a card is discarded will still trigger.
2022-12-08A spell cast for its madness cost is put onto the stack like any other spell. It can be countered, copied, and so on. As it resolves, it's put onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card or into its owner's graveyard if it's an instant or sorcery card.
2022-12-08Cards are discarded in a Magic game only from a player's hand. Effects that put cards into a player's graveyard from anywhere else do not cause those cards to be discarded.
2022-12-08Casting a spell with madness ignores the timing rules based on the card's card type. For example, you can cast a sorcery with madness if you discard it during an opponent's turn.
2022-12-08If you choose not to cast a card with madness when the madness triggered ability resolves, it's put into your graveyard. Madness doesn't give you another chance to cast it later.
2022-12-08If you discard a card with madness to pay the cost of a spell or activated ability, that card's madness triggered ability (and the spell that card becomes, if you choose to cast it) will resolve before the spell or ability the discard paid for.
2022-12-08If you discard a card with madness while a spell or ability is resolving, it moves immediately to exile. Continue resolving that spell or ability, noting that the card you discarded is not in your graveyard at this time. Its madness triggered ability will be placed onto the stack once that spell or ability has completely resolved.
2022-12-08Madness works independently of why you're discarding the card. You could discard it to pay a cost, because a spell or ability tells you to, or because you have too many cards in your hand during your cleanup step. You can't discard a card with madness just because you want to, though.
2022-12-08To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a madness cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.

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