Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Jurassic World Collection #38 (rare)
Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library.
During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician has 2 printings, first in Jurassic World Collection (2023). EDHREC ranks it #11,350 among Commander cards. It appears most in Itazura, Lingering Wick decks (103 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Ian Malcolm, Chaotician most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Itazura, Lingering Wick: 103 decks
- The Twelfth Doctor: 7 decks
Often played with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Players must follow all applicable timing rules for casting spells with the permission granted by Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's last ability. For example, if the spell is a sorcery, it can only be cast during that player's main phase while the stack is empty.
- : The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.
- : Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's first ability can trigger only once each turn for each player. It doesn't matter if Ian was on the battlefield when the first card was drawn. If you control it when a player draws their second card in a turn, that ability will trigger.