Incarnation Technique

sldSecret Lair Drop#1776rare
{4}{B}
Legal in 5 of 23 formats
Treatments
BorderlessFull ArtFoil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$9.36
Foil
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Sorcery

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.)

Mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Ability breakdown
Abilities
Demonstrate
SpellMill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Rulings
  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If the spell requires targets, you choose the target of the original spell as you cast it. If you create a copy of the spell, you may choose new targets for the copy as you create that copy. Similarly, the opponent you chose to create a copy may choose new targets for that copy as it’s created. In other words, your opponent will know the targets of your original spell and your copy when choosing the new targets, if any, for their copy.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you cast the spell and choose not to copy it, no opponent will get to copy it either.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you copy a spell with demonstrate, you then immediately choose an opponent. If they copy the spell, it goes on top of the stack.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    This means that if you cast a spell with demonstrate and both you and an opponent copy it, the opponent’s copy will resolve first, then your copy will resolve, and finally the original spell will resolve.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    You choose whether to make a copy as the demonstrate ability resolves. This happens before the original spell resolves. Your copy goes on the stack above the original spell.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    You choose which creature to bring back after you mill five cards.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    You may choose any creature card in your graveyard, not just one that you milled this way.

Market & price history

Market

SLD #1776
2026-07-06
Incarnation Technique
$9.36TCGplayer market -0.5% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$8.22Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$7.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.72 (+8.8%)
Foil
Best buylist (NM)$6.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$9.49 (+59.3%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 2h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$9.36 -6.5%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
stable
30d
falling
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Moderate

Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.

Across all copies

This card, all printings.

This printing is the cheapest copy: $9.36

Cross-printing valuation

3 printings across 2 sets
Printings
3 total

Demand signals

Plays as
ReanimationSelf Mill

Combos

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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot 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
Flavor & art
"We could be on the verge of a four-fold cross rip. A PKE surge of incredible, even dangerous proportions." —Dr. Raymond Stantz
Illustrated by
Bill McConkey
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Bill McConkey
Frame
inverted
Language
EN
Border
borderless
Security stamp
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