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Spellweaver Helix

{3}

Artifact

MRDMirrodin#247rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 6160
Illustrator
Luca Zontini
Found in
Mirrodin MTGO Redemption · Mirrodin MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1CombosIn 11
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile two target sorcery cards from a single graveyard. Whenever a player casts a card, if it has the same name as one of the cards exiled with this artifact, you may copy the other. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Market · per finishspark updated 12h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-1.0%
$2.08
$1.40 low$0.95 gap
Foil+0.0%
$16.39
$12.00 low$3.60 gap
Cheapest playable copy$2.08· across 1 printing

Rulings

12 · latest Apr 18, 2017 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 18, 2017

    A split card has the same name as a spell if either of its names is that spell’s name.

  • WotCMar 1, 2005

    The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    If the two imprinted sorcery cards have the same name and a card with that name is cast, only one copy is created, not two.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    If there’s only one imprinted sorcery card, nothing happens.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    If you don’t want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    Spellweaver Helix’s second ability creates a copy of the imprinted card in the Exile zone (that’s where the imprinted sorcery card is), then allows you to cast it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    You can’t cast the copy if an effect prevents you from casting sorceries or from casting that particular sorcery.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    You can’t cast the copy unless all of its targets can be chosen.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    You cast the copy while this ability is resolving, and still on the stack. Normally, you’re not allowed to cast spells or activate abilities at this time. Spellweaver Helix’s ability breaks this rule. (The card that triggered this ability is also still on the stack.)

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    You don’t pay the spell’s mana cost. If a spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can’t use any alternative costs.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If the imprinted card leaves the exile zone while the ability to make a copy is on the stack, then no copy will be made.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If this card leaves the battlefield while the ability to make a copy is on the stack, the ability will still make a copy using the last-known-information rule.