Magus Lucea Kane 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
Spiritual Leader — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Psychic Stimulus —: Add
. When you next cast a spell with
in its mana cost or activate an ability with
How it works : Magus Lucea Kane
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Spells with additional costs that include
won't be affected by Magus Lucea Kane. must be in the spell's mana cost.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A spell or ability with a cost that includes X, but not the mana symbol
, won't be copied.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have a colon in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") that ask a player to pay
aren't copied.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Magus Lucea Kane's ability will copy any spell or activated ability whose mana cost or activation cost contains
, not just one with targets.Card named in this ruling
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The
created by the mana ability doesn't need to be spent on the next spell or ability with in its cost in order to copy it. That spell or ability will be copied even if that mana is spent on something else or not spent on anything at all.Card named in this ruling
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
A copy is created even if the spell or ability that caused the delayed triggered ability to trigger has been countered by the time that delayed triggered ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.
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- #7· Wizards of the Coast
The copy will have the same targets as the spell or ability it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If the spell is a permanent spell with targets, such as an Aura, you may also choose a new target for that spell. The new targets must be legal. If, for any target, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
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- #8· Wizards of the Coast
The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast" or "activated." Creating the copy won't cause abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell or activates an ability to trigger.
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- #9· Wizards of the Coast
The copy will resolve before the original spell or ability does.
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- #10· Wizards of the Coast
If the spell or ability that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
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- #11· Wizards of the Coast
The copy has the same value of X.
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- #12· Wizards of the Coast
You can't choose to pay any additional costs for a copied spell. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.
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- #13· Wizards of the Coast
If the spell or ability has damage divided as it was put onto the stack, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells and abilities that distribute counters.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #14· Wizards of the Coast
Any choices made when the spell or ability resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves.
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- #15· Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent spell is copied, it's 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.
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- #16· Wizards of the Coast
The token that a resolving copy of a spell becomes isn't said to have been "created."
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Ioreth of the Healing House + Saryth, the Viper's Fang + Magus Lucea Kane
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding
- 2Activate Saryth by paying
and tapping it, untapping Ioreth. - 3Activate Ioreth's second ability by tapping it, untapping Saryth and Magus Lucea Kane
- 4Repeat.
Magus Lucea Kane + Freed from the Real + Chromatic Orrery
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding
. - 2Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Magus Lucea Kane.
- 3Repeat.
- 4You may then cast a spell or activate an ability with in its mana cost, getting infinite copies of that spell or ability.
Magus Lucea Kane + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Magus of the Candelabra
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Magus of the Candelabra by paying and tapping it, targeting it and Magus Lucea Kane.
- 3Magus Lucea Kane triggers, copying the Magus of the Candelabra ability, untapping Magus of the Candelabra and Magus Lucea Kane.
- 4Holding priority, repeat as many times as desired.
- 5Resolve a Magus of the Candelabra ability, untapping it and Magus Lucea Kane.
- 6Activate Magus Lucea Kane and Magus of the Candelabra by tapping them, adding
. - 7Repeat from step 5 for each stacked Magus of the Candelabra ability.
- 8Optionally, cast a spell with in its mana cost or activate an ability with in its activation cost, causing it to be copied once for each time Magus Lucea Kane was activated in step 6.
Magus Lucea Kane + Pemmin's Aura + Chromatic Orrery
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying , untapping Magus Lucea Kane.
- 3Repeat.
- 4You may then cast a spell or activate an ability with in its mana cost, getting infinite copies of that spell or ability.
Magus Lucea Kane + Umbral Mantle + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Magus Lucea Kane by paying
and untapping it, giving itself +2/+2 until end of turn. - 3Repeat.
- 4You may then cast a spell or activate an ability with in its mana cost, getting infinite copies of that spell or ability.
Magus Lucea Kane + Umbral Mantle + Nyxbloom Ancient
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding six .
- 2Activate Magus Lucea Kane by paying and untapping it, giving itself +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 3Repeat.
- 4You may then cast a spell or activate an ability with in its mana cost, getting infinite copies of that spell or ability.
Magus Lucea Kane + Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding and causing you to copy the next ability you activate or spell you cast that has in its cost.
- 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding
. - 3Activate Freed from the Real by paying , untapping Magus Lucea Kane.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have a large number of delayed triggers, cast a spell or activate an ability with in its cost to have Magus Lucea Kane copy that spell or ability infinitely.
Magus Lucea Kane + Pemmin's Aura + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding and causing you to copy the next ability you activate or spell you cast that has in its cost.
- 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 3Activate Pemmin's Aura by paying , untapping Magus Lucea Kane.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have a large number of delayed triggers, cast a spell or activate an ability with in its cost to have Magus Lucea Kane copy that spell or ability infinitely.
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