What it does
Plot lets you pay a card's plot cost (usually during your main phase) to exile it from your hand face-up. Then, on a later turn, you can cast it from exile for free. You can plot at sorcery speed only, and it doesn't count against your normal land/spell play—it's a separate action.
The big nuance: plotting is not casting. You're just exiling it now and paying ahead, so it dodges counterspells and triggers nothing on cast until you actually cast it later. Also, you can't cast a plotted card the same turn you plotted it—you must wait until a future turn. When you do cast it, you don't pay its mana cost again; it's free.
In Commander, plot smooths out your curve and bluffs information, since opponents see the exiled card. It's strong for sneaking expensive bombs past counter-heavy tables and using mana efficiently across turns.
Iconic cards with Plot
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