Collector's Cage

one generic mana one white mana Artifact

Hideaway 5 (When this artifact enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

one generic mana , tap this permanent : Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

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Collector's Cage rulings

2024-04-12
Any player who has controlled a permanent with a hideaway ability since a card was exiled with it may look at that card.
2024-04-12
Previously, permanents with hideaway entered the battlefield tapped. This ability has been removed from the definition of hideaway. Older cards have received errata to have an additional paragraph that reads "[This permanent] enters the battlefield tapped," and they now have hideaway 4.
2024-04-12
Hideaway now causes you to put the rest of the cards on the bottom of your library in a random order instead of any order.
2024-04-12
Collector's Cage's last ability looks at the creatures you control as it resolves to determine if you can play the exiled card. For example, if you control a 4/5 creature, a 1/1 creature, and a 2/1 creature, there are three different powers among creatures you control.
2024-04-12
You choose whether to play the exiled card as Collector's Cage's last ability resolves. If you do, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can't wait to play it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's types are ignored. However, you can never play lands on other players' turns.
2024-04-12
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
2024-04-12
If the spell you cast has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Collector's Cage keyword rules

Hideaway Rule 702.75

Hideaway is a triggered ability. “Hideaway N” means “When this permanent enters, look at the top N cards of your library. Exile one of them face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. The exiled card gains ‘The player who controls the permanent that exiled this card may look at this card in the exile zone.’”

Previously, the rules for the hideaway ability caused the permanent to enter the battlefield tapped, and the number of cards the player looked at was fixed at four. Cards printed before this rules change had the printed text “Hideaway” with no numeral after the word. Those older cards have received errata in the Oracle card reference to have “Hideaway 4” and the additional ability “[This permanent] enters tapped.”