{T}, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
Mana cost
2
Mana value
2
Printings
From
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#10937
Buy
Formats
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Rulings
18 Jun 2021
Even though you can only activate this as an instant, it is still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and cannot be responded to.
18 Jun 2021
You can't cast an instant (or activate an ability as an instant) while casting a spell. Therefore, much like Lion's Eye Diamond, you can't activate the ability intending to use the mana to cast a spell from your hand.