Bounteous Kirin #123
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Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may gain life equal to that spell's mana value.
“Even the most benevolent and life-giving of kami joined the war against the mortal world, but only with heavy and sorrowful hearts.”
4/4
Illustrated by Shishizaru
Rulings (1)
Jun 1, 2005
If the Spirit or Arcane spell has 
in the mana cost, then you use the value of on the stack. For example, Shining Shoal costs 
. If you choose X = 2, then Shining Shoal's mana value is 4. Shining Shoal also has an ability that says "You may exile a white card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay Shining Shoal's mana cost"; if you choose to pay the alternative cost and exile a card with mana value 2, then X is 2 while Shining Shoal is on the stack and its mana value is 4.