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Soundwave, Sonic Spy

{1}{W}{U}{B}

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

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Foil
Soundwave, Sonic Spy shown
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 22–137
Illustrator
Volta Creation
Found in
The Brothers' War Collector Booster Pack · The Brothers' War Set Booster Pack
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
More Than Meets the Eye {2}{W}{U}{B} (You may cast this card converted for {2}{W}{U}{B}.) Whenever one or more creature tokens you control deal combat damage to a player, exile target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the damage dealt from their graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you do, convert Soundwave.
5/4
More Than Meets the Eye
Market · per finishspark updated 7h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+3.6%
$2.00
$0.76 low$0.46 gap
Foil-0.6%
$3.17
$1.00 low$0.37 gap
Cheapest playable copy$2.00· across 2 printings

Rulings

16 · latest Oct 14, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    "More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    For Soundwave, Superior Captain's abilities, if a spell you are casting has an {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X to determine its total mana value.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If a spell you cast without paying its mana cost has an {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If you don't cast the copy, it ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked. The exiled card stays exiled whether you cast the copy or not.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Soundwave, Sonic Spy's triggered ability can target only an instant or sorcery card with mana value exactly equal to the amount of damage dealt to the player by creature tokens you control.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Zero is even.