Octavia, Living Thesis

c21Commander 2021#356rare2021-04-23

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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Ward {8}

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

P/T8/8

Ability breakdown

Abilities

Ward

StaticThis spell costs {8}

less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard.

TriggeredMagecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Rulings

WotCApr 16, 2021
Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
WotCApr 16, 2021
For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
WotCApr 16, 2021
If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
WotCApr 16, 2021
If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
WotCApr 16, 2021
Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
WotCApr 16, 2021
If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.