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Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

1UR · Legendary Creature — Human Scientist

Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. 2/2

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