Act on Impulse
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Magic 2015 #126 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.36 USD
Exile the top three cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards. (If you cast a spell this way, you still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)
Act on Impulse has 3 printings, first in Magic 2015 (2014). EDHREC ranks it #16,053 among Commander cards. It appears most in Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame decks (426 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Act on Impulse most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame: 426 decks
- Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival: 168 decks
- Commander Liara Portyr: 53 decks
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars: 20 decks
- Jeong Jeong, the Deserter: 3 decks
- Alex Wilder, Runaway: 3 decks
- Batroc the Leaper: 2 decks
- Moku, Meandering Drummer: 2 decks
Often played with Act on Impulse
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Any cards you don't play will remain exiled.
- : Playing a card this way follows the normal rules for playing the card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all applicable timing rules. For example, if one of the cards is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- : Under normal circumstances, you can play a land card exiled with Act on Impulse only if you haven't played a land yet that turn.
- : The cards are exiled face up.