Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 1

Any enters abilities of the copied card will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 2

You can tap any untapped creature or artifact you control to pay a waterbend cost, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 3

If a waterbend cost is part of the total cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay one generic mana in that total cost any number of times up to a maximum of the amount of generic mana in the waterbend component of that total cost.

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 4

The tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original cards and nothing else.

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 5

If the copied card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 6

Even if the cost of the spell or ability that waterbend is part of increases or decreases, you still may only tap artifacts or creatures to pay for costs up to the amount of the generic mana in the waterbend cost.

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 7

"Waterbend [cost]" means "Pay [cost]. For each generic mana in that cost, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay that mana."

Foggy Swamp Visions — ruling 8

If an artifact or creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell or activating an ability with waterbend will result in the artifact or creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for waterbend. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend.

Foggy Swamp Visions : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Foggy Swamp Visions 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

As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend . (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for .) Exile X target creature cards from graveyards. For each creature card exiled this way, create a token that's a copy of it. At the beginning of your next end step, sacrifice those tokens.

How it works : Foggy Swamp Visions

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters abilities of the copied card will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
You can tap any untapped creature or artifact you control to pay a waterbend cost, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a waterbend cost is part of the total cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay one generic mana in that total cost any number of times up to a maximum of the amount of generic mana in the waterbend component of that total cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original cards and nothing else.
Card named in this ruling
Copy
#5October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied card has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
Even if the cost of the spell or ability that waterbend is part of increases or decreases, you still may only tap artifacts or creatures to pay for costs up to the amount of the generic mana in the waterbend cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
"Waterbend [cost]" means "Pay [cost]. For each generic mana in that cost, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay that mana."
No other card is named in this ruling.
#8October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If an artifact or creature you control has a mana ability with in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell or activating an ability with waterbend will result in the artifact or creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for waterbend. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend.
No other card is named in this ruling.