Sanctum Prelate is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
As this creature enters, choose a number. Noncreature spells with mana value equal to the chosen number can't be cast.
How it works : Sanctum Prelate
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a spell don't affect that spell's mana value.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine if the spell's mana value is the chosen number. For example, if the chosen number is 4, a noncreature spell with mana cost 
couldn't be cast with X equal to 2, but it could be cast with X equal to any other number.No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
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Gaddock Teeg + Sanctum Prelate + Rite of Replication
- 1Cast Rite of Replication with kicker by paying
, creating five token copies of Sanctum Prelate. - 2As the token Sanctum Prelates enter the battlefield, choose the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, and any other number.
- 3Cast Gaddock Teeg by paying
. - 4Because of Gaddock Teeg and the Sanctum Prelate tokens, noncreature spells cannot be cast.
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