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Feather, Radiant ArbiterHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Murders at Karlov Manor Commander· February 9, 2024
Carte Magic Feather, Radiant Arbiter

Feather, Radiant Arbiter 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.

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Official card text

Flying, lifelink Whenever you cast a noncreature spell that targets only Feather, you may choose any number of other creatures that spell could target and pay {2} for each of those creatures. If you do, for each of those creatures, copy that spell. The copy targets that creature. (Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

How it works : Feather, Radiant Arbiter

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Feather, Radiant Arbiter's ability triggers whenever you cast a noncreature spell that targets only Feather and no other object or player.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    If you cast a noncreature spell that has multiple targets, but it's targeting Feather, Radiant Arbiter with all of them, Feather's last ability will trigger. In that case, each of those copies will also only target one of the chosen creatures.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    You control all the copies, and you choose the order the copies are put on the stack. The original spell will be on the stack beneath those copies and will resolve last.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    The copies created by Feather, Radiant Arbiter's last ability are created on the stack, so they're not cast. Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell (like Feather's own ability) won't trigger.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  5. #5· Wizards of the Coast

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

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  6. #6· Wizards of the Coast

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

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  7. #7· Wizards of the Coast

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

    Card named in this ruling

  8. #8· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    Card named in this ruling

  9. #9· Wizards of the Coast

    If a permanent spell is copied, the copies are 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.

    Card named in this ruling

  10. #10· Wizards of the Coast

    The token that a resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes isn't "created" and won't interact with abilities that care about tokens being created, such as that of Case of the Pilfered Proof.

    Card named in this ruling

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