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Valeria Richards, Precocious

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero3 generic manaBlue mana

The two-halves-of-a-good-engine construction is old, but the packaging here is unusually tight. Cost reduction on noncreature spells is the effect that has anchored spellslinger commanders for years; the wrinkle is that most of those payoffs either reduce or draw, and this one does both in a single four-mana body. The reduction touches everything that is not a creature (instants, sorceries, artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers), which means it compounds hardest in decks that already flood the turn with cheap spells. The draw clause is deliberately throttled to your first noncreature spell each turn, so it rewards casting one thing reliably every turn rather than dumping your hand in a single explosive burst; it is a per-turn cantrip, not a storm engine, and that ceiling is what keeps a mana-cheating value engine from spiraling on its own. A 3/3 for 3 generic manaBlue mana is a body you protect rather than attack with, which frames the whole card as a leader that wants to sit behind interaction and grind. The two lines feed each other: every reduced spell is a step toward next turn's card, and every card drawn is fuel for another reduced spell. The design is a study in restraint over raw power, taking a reduction effect that could have been reckless and metering the card advantage so it stays an engine you turn, not one that turns itself.

Valeria Richards, Precocious (msc)
MSC · #38rare
Pricing
Normal: $2.02
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Noncreature spells you cast cost 1 generic mana less to cast. Whenever you cast your first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

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