Creative Technique

{4}{R}

Sorcery

SOCSecrets of Strixhaven Commander#241rare
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Gaboleps
Found in
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Deck Prismari Artistry
Printings4
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 LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.) Shuffle your library, then reveal cards from the top of it until you reveal a nonland card. Exile that card and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
Demonstrate
Market · per finishspark updated 13h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+6.9%
$0.31
$0.01 low-$0.02 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.31· across 4 printings

Rulings

5 · latest Apr 16, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • 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.