Allure of the Unknown
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death Promos #207s (rare)
Reveal the top six cards of your library. An opponent exiles a nonland card from among them, then you put the rest into your hand. That opponent may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
Allure of the Unknown has 5 printings, first in Theros Beyond Death (2020). EDHREC ranks it #17,587 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Lord of Pain decks (472 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: legal
Commanders that run Allure of the Unknown most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Lord of Pain: 472 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius: 442 decks
- Tokka & Rahzar, Terrible Twos: 352 decks
- Sol'Kanar the Tainted: 34 decks
- Silvar, Devourer of the Free: 2 decks
- Pavel Maliki: 2 decks
- Scarlet Spider, Kaine
Often played with Allure of the Unknown
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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 all six of the revealed cards are land cards, your opponent doesn’t exile anything. You put all six cards into your hand.
- : 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 card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Thrill of Possibility, those must be paid to cast the card.
- : If your opponent wishes to cast the card, they do so as part of the resolution of Allure of the Unknown. They can’t wait to cast it later. Timing permissions based on a card’s type are ignored.