Inside Information
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- The Hobbit #296 (mythic)
- Price
- $2.90 USD
Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
Inside Information has 2 printings, first in The Hobbit (2026). EDHREC ranks it #10,850 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Madcap Jester decks (640 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Inside Information most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Madcap Jester: 640 decks
- Witherbloom, the Balancer: 586 decks
- Smaug, Wicked Worm: 577 decks
- Smaug the Impenetrable: 399 decks
- Prosper, Tome-Bound: 386 decks
- Zaxara, the Exemplary: 262 decks
- Fire Lord Zuko: 224 decks
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 223 decks
Often played with Inside Information
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You must follow all normal timing rules when playing a land or casting a spell for cards exiled with Inside Information. For example, if an exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty and only if you have an available land play remaining.
- : 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 cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If a spell has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Stir Up Trouble, those must be paid for it.