First printed in Modern Horizons 3 (2024)
Instant
You may sacrifice a nontoken red creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"Decent. But let me show you what mastery looks like."
- Illustrated by
- Olivier Bernard
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Banned in
- Historic
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (7)
- If the spell has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed (although the targets receiving that damage still can). The same is true of spells that distribute counters.
- The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
- If you copy a spell, you control the copy. It will resolve before the original spell does.
- If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode. A different mode can't be chosen.
- The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
- The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.
- If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Kozilek's Command does), the copy will have the same value of X.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), Premier Draft | 46.3% | -8.8 | -5.1 | 1016 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
11 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Flare of Duplication + Narset's Reversal
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Flare of Duplication + Pyromancer's Goggles
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Alania, Divergent Storm + Flare of Duplication
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Flare of Duplication + Prismari, the Inspiration
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite magecraft triggers: Flare of Duplication + Kalamax, the Stormsire
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Adaptive Training Post + Flare of Duplication
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Flare of Duplication + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak + Priest of Urabrask + Twinflame
- Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Flare of Duplication + Gravitic Punch + Kalamax, the Stormsire
- Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers…: Arcbond + Bloodthirsty Conqueror + Flare of Duplication
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Errant, Street Artist + Flare of Duplication + Reality Spasm
