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Legendary Creature Artifact - Artificer Phyrexian Metallurgic Summonings Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value

I had been worried that it would invalidate too many cards in the format, but lets be real fair decks are really struggling right now

The biggest difference here is that as it is an EX card, it can combo with the card Scoop Up Net RCL 165, in which it is recycled as many times as you'd like and it's always possible to use its effect, as it prevents the recycling of GX and V Pokemon, and doesn't say anything about the EX Pokemon (it was because of this combo that Shaymin-EX ROS 77 was banned

Do I have to decide how much life to pay before I draw any cards, or can I pay 1, draw one, and then decide

(2025-06-06) You cast the instant or sorcery while Seifer Almasy's last ability is resolving and still on the stack