Synthesis Pod 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
(can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
, Exile a spell you control: Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a card with mana value equal to 1 plus the exiled spell's mana value. Exile that card, then that player shuffles. You may cast that exiled card without paying its mana cost.
How it works : Synthesis Pod
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
To activate Synthesis Pod's ability, you must exile a spell you control on the stack (the only place spells exist).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you wish to cast the card, you do so as part of the resolution of Synthesis Pod's ability. You can't wait to cast it later. Timing rules based on a card's type are ignored.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The spell you exiled as part of the cost to activate Synthesis Pod's ability will remain in exile.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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