Oracle of Bones
Market price
- Near Mint
- $0.28
- Lightly Played
- $0.23
- Moderately Played
- $0.16
- Heavily Played
- $0.30
- Damaged
- $0.24
- Near Mint
- $0.28
- Lightly Played
- $0.23
- Moderately Played
- $0.16
- Heavily Played
- $0.30
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Haste
Tribute 2
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
3/1
Illustrated by Greg Staples
Rulings (10)
Feb 1, 2014
If the card has 
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
Feb 1, 2014
If the opponent pays tribute, the creature will enter the battlefield with the specified number of +1/+1 counters on it. It won't enter the battlefield and then have the +1/+1 counters placed on it.
Feb 1, 2014
If the triggered ability has a target, that target will not be known while the creature spell with tribute is on the stack.
Feb 1, 2014
If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay alternative costs such as overload costs. You can, however, pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
Feb 1, 2014
If you choose to cast a split card with fuse without paying its mana cost, you may cast both halves.
Feb 1, 2014
If you want to cast a card this way, you cast it as part of the resolution of the triggered ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type (such as sorcery) are ignored. Other casting restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only before attackers are declared") are not.
Feb 1, 2014
Players can't respond to the tribute decision before the creature enters the battlefield. That is, if the opponent doesn't pay tribute, the triggered ability will trigger before any player has a chance to remove the creature.
Feb 1, 2014
The choice of whether to pay tribute is made as the creature with tribute is entering the battlefield. At that point, it's too late to respond to the creature spell. For example, in a multiplayer game, opponents won't know whether tribute will be paid or which opponent will be chosen to pay tribute or not when deciding whether to counter the creature spell.
Feb 1, 2014
The triggered ability will resolve even if the creature with tribute isn't on the battlefield at that time.
Apr 18, 2017
For effects that check which player put counters on the entering creature, the player chosen to pay tribute puts those counters on it, not the creature's controller.
