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Zaffai and the Tempests

Zaffai and the Tempests

Legendary Creature — Human Bard Sorcerer

Zaffai and the Tempests wants a deck that casts extra spells for free off the top of its deck. It also works in a deck built around Bards, Humans or Sorcerers.

  • Mana cost5 genericbluered
  • Blue, Red ()
  • Power / toughness5 / 7
  • RarityRare

Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

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Cards That Fit Zaffai and the Tempests

Picked for what they do in Zaffai and the Tempests's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Zaffai and the Tempests's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Zaffai and the Tempests

explain how Zaffai and the Tempests works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 20 Mar 2026

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. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell.

Wizards of the Coast 20 Mar 2026

If you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost this way, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryURPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, R for red. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Cascade/Free CastCascade decks cast extra spells for free, straight from the top of their deck, every time they cast the right card. Cascade turns over cards from the top of your library until it hits a cheaper spell, which you may cast without paying for it.Open the Cascade/Free Cast pageFree CastCan be cast without paying its mana cost when a condition is met, often "if you control your commander". Because it costs nothing, you can still answer something after your mana is already spent. Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting SwatOpen the Free Cast page