UnOrthodox suppliment: Banned

Card Name:

Elminster

Mana Cost:

{3}{U}

Converted Mana Cost:

4

Types:

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Rules Text:

{T}: Choose target nonland card in your hand and cast that spell using only mana from your opponent’s lands. Your opponent may not respond to this ability with any fast effects. You may only activate this ability when it is legal to cast target nonland card.

Power / Toughness:

2/3

Color:

Blue

Color Identity:

{U}

Watermark:

None

Border Type:

Black-bordered

This printing Illustrated by Kelley Simms
Printing: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons – InQuest #41

UnCommander Rulings

ABSOLUTELY BORKED

Elminster
{3}{U}
Summon Legend
{T}: Choose target spell in your hand and cast that spell using only mana from your opponent’s lands. Your opponent may not respond to this ability with any fast effects. You may only play this ability when it is legal to cast target spell.
2/3

Illus. Kelley Simms © 1998 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Your opponents can just activate the mana abilities of all their lands before the activated ability resolves, making it useless.