Aura Finesse is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Attach target Aura you control to target creature. Draw a card.
How it works : Aura Finesse
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may target any Aura you control, and you may target any creature (including one you don’t control). Whether the Aura could legally enchant the creature is irrelevant as you’re choosing the targets.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you target an Aura that’s attached to a creature, you may also target the creature it’s attached to. Aura Finesse won’t cause the Aura to move, but you’ll still draw a card when it resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
As Aura Finesse resolves, if the targeted Aura can’t legally enchant the targeted creature (for example, because the Aura is red and the creature has protection from red, or because the Aura has “enchant creature you control” and an opponent controls the creature), the spell resolves but the Aura doesn’t move. You still draw a card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
As Aura Finesse resolves, if either target is illegal, the spell resolves but the Aura doesn’t move. You still draw a card. If both targets are illegal, Aura Finesse doesn’t resolve and you don’t draw a card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You still control the Aura, even if you attach it to a creature you don’t control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Codie, Vociferous Codex + Aura Finesse + Freed from the Real
- 1Cast Aura Finesse by paying
, attaching the Aura to Codie and drawing a card (this is necessary because Codie's ability forces you to cast the Aura before Codie is on the battlefield). - 2Activate Codie by paying
and tapping it, adding 
. - 3Activate the Aura by paying , untapping Codie.
- 4Repeat from step 2 any number of times, skipping step 3 on the final iteration.
- 5Once you have an arbitrarily large number of Codie triggers, cast any spell by paying its mana cost, reduced by the added in step 2.
- 6Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
- 8Repeat step 7 for each remaining trigger.
Codie, Vociferous Codex + Aura Finesse + Pemmin's Aura
- 1Cast Aura Finesse by paying , attaching the Aura to Codie and drawing a card (this is necessary because Codie's ability forces you to cast the Aura before Codie is on the battlefield).
- 2Activate Codie by paying and tapping it, adding .
- 3Activate the Aura by paying , untapping Codie.
- 4Repeat from step 2 any number of times, skipping step 3 on the final iteration.
- 5Once you have an arbitrarily large number of Codie triggers, cast any spell by paying its mana cost, reduced by the added in step 2.
- 6Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
- 8Repeat step 7 for each remaining trigger.
Aura Finesse + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Vigean Graftmage + Power Artifact
- 1Cast Aura Finesse by paying , attaching Power Artifact to Codie and drawing a card.
- 2Activate Codie by paying
and tapping it, adding . - 3Activate Vigean Graftmage by paying
, untapping Codie. - 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have an arbitrarily large number of Codie triggers, you may cast any instant or sorcery spell by paying its mana cost.
- 6Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
- 8Repeat step 7 for each remaining trigger.
Aura Finesse + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Galvanic Alchemist + Power Artifact
- 1Cast Aura Finesse by paying , attaching Power Artifact to Codie and drawing a card.
- 2Activate Codie by paying and tapping it, adding .
- 3Activate Codie using the ability from Galvanic Alchemist by paying , untapping it.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have an arbitrarily large number of Codie triggers, you may cast any instant or sorcery spell by paying its mana cost.
- 6Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
- 8Repeat step 7 for each remaining trigger.
Aura Finesse + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Chain Stasis + Power Artifact
- 1Cast Aura Finesse by paying , attaching Power Artifact to Codie and drawing a card.
- 2Cast Chain Stasis by paying , targeting Codie.
- 3Holding priority, activate Codie by paying and tapping it, adding .
- 4Resolve Chain Stasis, untapping Codie and causing you to pay to copy Chain Stasis, with the copy targeting Codie.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
- 6Once you have an arbitrarily large number of Codie triggers, you may choose not to copy Chain Stasis and cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost, reduced by the added in step 1.
- 7Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 8Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
Aura Finesse + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Umbral Mantle + Power Artifact
- 1Cast Aura Finesse by paying , attaching Power Artifact to Codie and drawing a card.
- 2Activate Codie by paying and tapping it, adding .
- 3Activate Codie using the ability from Umbral Mantle by paying and untapping it, giving it +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have an arbitrarily large number of Codie triggers, you may cast any instant or sorcery spell by paying its mana cost.
- 6Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 7Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
- 8Repeat step 7 for each remaining trigger.
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