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Spelling Bee

Card Name

Spelling Bee

Mana Cost

2

Type

Creature – Alien Insect

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Flying, deathtouchWhenever Spelling Bee deals combat damage to a player, that player looks at the top card of your library and chooses a word on that card. You spell that word. If you spell it correctly, draw a card. Otherwise, scry 1.

Flavor Text

Just be thankful it wasn't grammar scorpions.

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

Rulings

(10/7/2022)
The player looking at the top card of your library can choose any word from the card's name, type line, or text box. Notably, they can't choose a word that's only in the artwork or artist credit. It doesn't have to be a real word from a dictionary; Astroquarium is a perfectly cromulent word, for example.
(10/7/2022)
If you spell the word correctly, the card you draw will be the card that includes the word. If you don't, the card you look at to scry 1 will be that card.
(10/7/2022)
If a redirection effect causes a Spelling Bee you control to deal combat damage to you, you'll look at the top card of your own library and will choose a word to spell. No one else will be able to verify you did it correctly, but we'll give you the benefit of the doubt.