Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader MTG Card

Card setsReleased in 2 setsSee all
Converted mana cost2
RarityUncommon
TypeCreature — Eldrazi Homunculus
Abilities Prowess
Power 3
Toughness 4

Text of card

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.

Good books make you savor each word.

Text of card Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.

Good books make you savor each word.

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Printings

The Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader Magic the Gathering card was released in 2 different sets between 2016-07-22 and 2023-03-21. Illustrated by Filip Burburan.

#ReleasedNameCodeSymbolNumberFrameLayoutBorderArtist
12016-07-22Eldritch MoonEMN 542015TransformBlackFilip Burburan
22023-03-21Shadows over Innistrad RemasteredSIR 582015TransformBlackFilip Burburan

Legalities

Magic the Gathering formats where Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader has restrictions

FormatLegality
HistoricbrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
PaupercommanderRestricted
OathbreakerLegal
GladiatorLegal
PioneerLegal
CommanderLegal
ModernLegal
VintageLegal
DuelLegal
ExplorerLegal
TimelessLegal

Rules and information

The reference guide for Magic: The Gathering Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader card rulings provides official rulings, any errata issued, as well as a record of all the functional modifications that have occurred.

Date Text
2016-07-13 Abilities that reduce the cost of a spell apply after abilities that raise them. For example, Borrowed Malevolence with both modes chosen costs to cast if you control Voracious Reader.
2016-07-13 For more information on double-faced cards, see the Shadows over Innistrad mechanics article (http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/shadows-over-innistrad-mechanics).
2016-07-13 If an instant or sorcery spell has in its mana cost, choose the value for X first, and then reduce the cost by . For example, Dark Salvation with X chosen as 2 costs to cast if you control Voracious Reader.
2016-07-13 If you activate Curious Homunculus’s mana ability in response to its triggered ability, you can spend that mana to cast an instant spell during your upkeep after it has transformed into Voracious Reader. If you don’t spend the mana, it will leave your mana pool before your draw step begins; you can’t use it to cast the card you draw or to cast a sorcery.
2016-07-13 If you don’t have enough instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard as your upkeep begins, Curious Homunculus’s last ability doesn’t trigger. If you don’t have enough as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
2016-07-13 Mana from Curious Homunculus’s first ability can be spent to cast a spell that has generic mana in its additional cost, such as Borrowed Malevolence with both modes chosen. It can’t be spent to pay costs during a spell’s resolution, such as the cost Convolute prompts a player to pay.