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Twinning Staff

{3}

Artifact

C20Commander 2020#70rare
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 69
Illustrator
Mike Bierek
Found in
Commander 2020 Commander Deck Arcane Maelstrom · Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Collector Booster Pack · Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Collector Booster Hanger Pack
Printings2CombosIn 56
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 LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
If you would copy a spell one or more times, instead copy it that many times plus an additional time. You may choose new targets for the additional copy. {7}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Plays as: Spell Copy

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.2%
$17.37
$15.00 low$4.50 gap
Cheapest playable copy$17.37· across 2 printings

Rulings

11 · latest Apr 17, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If an effect copies a card rather than a spell (such as that of God-Eternal Kefnet), this doesn't cause an additional copy to be created.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If the spell has damage divided as it was cast (like Mythos of Vadrok), the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells that distribute counters.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy will have the same value of X.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    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.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If you have a second Twinning Staff, copying a spell results in two additional copies. If you have a third, you get three additional copies, and so on.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    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.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    The copy is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger. It will resolve before the original spell does.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    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).

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Twinning Staff's last ability can copy any instant or sorcery spell you control, not just one with targets.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    You choose whether the additional copy is put onto the stack before or after the original copy. If a spell is being copied more than once, you can even have the additional copy put onto the stack in between the original copies.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    You may choose new targets for the additional copy, even if you can't choose new targets for the original copy or copies.