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Chase Stein, Runaway

Legendary Creature — Human Hero1 generic manaRed mana

Impulse draw with a discard tax attached, and the tax is the point: you pitch a card you do not want, exile a fresh look off your deck, and get to play it any time until the end of your next turn. That timing clause is the quiet generosity of the design. Most impulse effects give you until end of turn and force an immediate decision; the extra turn lets you crack the ability on an opponent's end step, hold up mana, and still spend the card on your own turn without spilling tempo. It filters first and draws second, since the discard means you are swapping known chaff for an unknown card rather than netting cards outright. That inversion is what makes it a natural fit for graveyard payoffs, madness, and delirium: the cost feeds the bin as reliably as the exile feeds the hand, so the "downside" is doing double duty. The tap symbol is the real governor. One activation per turn cycle caps the loop, and it leaves the ability exposed to a well-timed removal spell that blanks the whole engine before it generates value. Every dead draw becomes a new look, and every discard becomes fuel for whatever wants to be discarded.

Chase Stein, Runaway (msc)
MSC · #682common
Pricing
Normal: $0.52
Foil: $0.33
Oracle Text

Rules text

Tap, Discard a card: Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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