Kylox, Visionary Inventor
Legendary Creature — Lizard Artificer
Menace, ward 
, haste
Whenever Kylox attacks, sacrifice any number of other creatures, then exile the top X cards of your library, where X is their total power. You may cast any number of instant and/or sorcery spells from among the exiled cards without paying their mana costs.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #16974
Kylox, Visionary Inventor turns spell-slinging into card advantage — every instant or sorcery you cast while Kylox is in play generates Expertise counters, and cashing those in lets you cast spells straight from the top of your library for free. The payoff is real, but six mana is a steep entry point that demands a dedicated Izzet spellslinger shell to justify it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kylox, Visionary Inventor belongs — the free-cast ability scales with the long game, and Izzet spellslinger shells have the cantrips, rituals, and copy effects to stack Expertise counters fast. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, six mana for a legendary creature that doesn't immediately end the game is too slow; the effect is powerful in theory but real decks don't give you the setup time. Standard is the one exception worth watching: if a dedicated spells-matter support package exists in the format, Kylox can slot into a controlling or tempo shell as a late-game engine. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more explosive payoffs at this mana investment, so Kylox doesn't make the cut there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Kylox, Visionary Inventor is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without hesitation. The price reflects its narrow home rather than a weak card, so if the right spellslinger build emerges in Standard or Commander, that floor has real upside, though its trajectory will depend entirely on whether a competitive archetype adopts it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.