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Storm of Saruman

{4}{U}{U}

Enchantment

LTRThe Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#72mythic

Isengard had once been filled with fruitful trees, but no green thing grew there in the latter days of Saruman.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 70–3570
Illustrator
Lorenzo Lanfranconi
Found in
The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Jumpstart Booster Pack · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Jumpstart Vol 2 Booster Pack · 3 more
Printings6EDHREC rank#3,593
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Ward {3} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy it, except the copy isn't legendary. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Ward
Plays as:
Spell Payoff
Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+22.5%
$3.92
$2.00 low-$0.25 gapTCGplayer
Foil+0.5%
$4.35
$2.99 low$1.24 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$3.92· across 6 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

10 · latest Jun 16, 2023
  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    Any choices made when the spell resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If a permanent spell is copied, it's put onto the battlefield as a token as the spell resolves rather than putting the copy of the spell onto the battlefield. The rules that apply to a permanent spell becoming a permanent apply to a copy of a spell becoming a token.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If the spell has damage divided as it was put onto the stack, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells that distribute counters.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

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

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    Spells that were cast before Storm of Saruman count. If Storm of Saruman was the first spell you cast this turn, the next spell you cast this turn is your second spell.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Creating the copy won't cause abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell to trigger.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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 the spell is a permanent spell with targets, such as an Aura, you may also choose a new target for that spell. The new targets must be legal. If, for any target, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    The token that a resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes isn't said to have been "created" and won't interact with abilities that care about tokens being created, such as that of Rosie Cotton of South Lane.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    You can't choose to pay any additional costs for a copied spell. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.