Rod of Absorption

Rod of Absorption Rulings

• Jul 23, 2021

  Each Rod of Absorption tracks the cards it has exiled separately. If Rod of Absorption is destroyed and then later brought back to the battlefield, it will not be able to access any of the cards that it had exiled before.

• Jul 23, 2021

  If a spell is countered or it never resolves, Rod of Absorption will not exile it.

• Jul 23, 2021

  If multiple Rods of Absorption are on the battlefield at the same time, any player casting an instant or sorcery spell will cause all of them to trigger. As the spell resolves, its controller will choose which of the Rods gets to exile it.

• Jul 23, 2021

  If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

• Jul 23, 2021

  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. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell.