Ingenious Mastery

X generic mana two generic mana one blue mana Sorcery

You may pay two generic mana one blue mana rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

If the two generic mana one blue mana cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

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Ingenious Mastery rulings

2021-04-16
The mana value of a spell on the stack is determined by its mana cost, not any alternative costs you used to pay for it.
2021-04-16
If you choose to pay one alternative cost, you can’t pay any other alternative costs. For example, if an effect lets you cast a “Mastery” spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t also choose to pay its given alternative cost.
2021-04-16
If an effect increases or decreases the cost of spells you cast, that cost increase or decrease is applied to the alternative cost you chose to pay. In that case, the cost was still paid for the purposes of the effect, even if you paid more or less for it when it was cast.
2021-04-16
If you copy a “Mastery” spell and the alternative cost was paid, the copy will resolve as though the cost was paid.
2021-04-16
In a multiplayer game, you choose which opponent takes the prescribed action as the spell resolves.

Ingenious Mastery keyword rules

Scry Rule 701.18

To “scry N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library in any order and the rest on top of your library in any order.

If a player is instructed to scry 0, no scry event occurs. Abilities that trigger whenever a player scries won’t trigger.

If multiple players scry at once, each of those players looks at the top cards of their library at the same time. Those players decide in APNAP order (see rule ) where to put those cards, then those cards move at the same time.

An ability that triggers whenever a player scries triggers after the process described in rule is complete, even if some or all of those actions were impossible.