Cloven Casting (Alara Reborn) - Gatherer

Cloven Casting

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 2.847 / 5 (85 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Cloven Casting

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Enchantment

Card Text:

Whenever you play a multicolored instant or sorcery spell, you may pay

. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Flavor Text:

"Let us flee to the deep jungle. Our city is no longer safe—and I suspect neither is the fallback retreat."

Expansion:

Alara Reborn

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

Artist:

Vance Kovacs

Language:

English

Rulings

5/1/2009	This ability triggers only once for each multicolored instant or sorcery spell you cast. You can't use a single Cloven Casting to copy the same spell twice.
5/1/2009	You can copy the spell that caused Cloven Casting's ability to trigger even if it's been countered by the time that ability resolves.
5/1/2009	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. The new targets must be legal.
5/1/2009	If a modal spell is copied, the copy will have the same mode as the original.
5/1/2009	Abilities that trigger when a spell is cast (such as this ability or cascade) won't trigger when you create a copy this way.