First printed in Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005)
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Enchantment
You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any enchantment on the battlefield.
Simic mages create redundant backups of their experiments to reduce the consequences of catastrophe.
- Illustrated by
- Joel Thomas
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, Standard Brawl
Rulings (8)
- Copy Enchantment copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing more (unless that permanent is itself copying something or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- If Copy Enchantment copies an Aura this way, you choose what the Aura will enchant just before it enters the battlefield. You can't choose any permanents entering the battlefield at the same time as that Aura. This doesn't target the player or permanent it will enchant, so an opponent's permanent with hexproof may be chosen this way. The chosen recipient must be able to legally be enchanted by the Aura, so a player or permanent with protection from one of the Aura's qualities can't be chosen this way. If there's nothing legal for the Aura to enchant, Copy Enchantment stays in its current zone (unless it's a spell, in which case it's put into its owner's graveyard).
- If Copy Enchantment somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another permanent, Copy Enchantment can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a permanent that's already on the battlefield.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when Copy Enchantment enters the battlefield. Any "as [this enchantment] enters the battlefield" or "[this enchantment] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
- If the chosen permanent has
in its mana cost, X is 0. - If the chosen permanent is a token, Copy Enchantment copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token. Copy Enchantment does not become a token.
- If the chosen permanent is copying something else (for example, if the chosen permanent is another Copy Enchantment), then your Copy Enchantment enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen permanent copied.
- You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Copy Enchantment simply enters the battlefield as an enchantment with an irrelevant ability. We're sure you had your reasons.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).
Combos
33 combos, the most popular first:
- Near-infinite colored mana, Infinite draw triggers for all players…: Copy Enchantment + Faerie Mastermind + Smothering Tithe
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Copy Enchantment + Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
- Creatures can't attack, Lock: Copy Enchantment + Mystic Barrier
- Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB: Archon of Sun's Grace + Copy Enchantment + Detention Sphere + Oblivion Ring
- You can't be attacked, Lock: Chronomantic Escape + Copy Enchantment + Paradox Haze
- Infinite mill, Infinite self-mill: Copy Enchantment + Mirrormade + Oblivion Ring + Sage of Mysteries
- Infinite mill, Infinite self-mill: Copy Enchantment + Estrid's Invocation + Oblivion Ring + Sage of Mysteries
- Infinite mill: Altar of the Brood + Copy Enchantment + Mirrormade + Oblivion Ring
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Altar of the Brood + Copy Enchantment + Estrid's Invocation + Oblivion Ring
- Infinite mill, Infinite self-mill: Clever Impersonator + Copy Enchantment + Oblivion Ring + Sage of Mysteries
