Mirror Sheen 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
: Copy target instant or sorcery spell that targets you. You may choose new targets for the copy.
How it works : Mirror Sheen
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The targeted spell can have any number of targets, as long as you are one of them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
It doesn’t matter who controls the spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The copy will have the same targets as the spell it’s copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Turnabout + Mirror Sheen
Infinite colored manaInfinite colorless mana
- 1Cast Turnabout targeting yourself naming untap lands, hold priority.
- 2Activate Mirror Sheen to copy Turnabout.
- 3Let the copy resolve, choosing to untap.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Mirror Sheen + Lava Spike + Desperate Ritual
Infinite magecraft triggersInfinite damage
- 1Cast Lava Spike, targeting yourself.
- 2Splice Desperate Ritual onto Lava Spike.
- 3Hold priority and activate Mirror Sheen, targeting Lava Spike.
- 4Have the copy of Lava Spike target another player.
- 5Resolve the copy of Lava Spike.
- 6Using the RRR from the copy of Lava Spike's text from Desperate Ritual, activate Mirror Sheen, targeting Lava Spike.
- 7Repeat.
- 8Cast Lava Spike by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
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#3
Mirror Sheen + Desperate Ritual + Devouring Greed
Infinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifelossInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Devouring Greed by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
- 2Holding priority, cast Desperate Ritual by paying its splice cost, adding its effects onto Devouring Greed.
- 3Holding priority, activate Mirror Sheen by paying
, copying Devouring Greed, which also has the effects of Desperate Ritual, targeting an opponent. - 4Resolve Devouring Greed, causing an opponent to lose life, and causing you to gain life and add
. - 5Repeat from step 3.
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#4
Mirror Sheen + Desperate Ritual + Dampen Thought
Infinite magecraft triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
- 1Cast Dampen Thought by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
- 2Holding priority, cast Desperate Ritual by paying its splice cost, adding its effects onto Dampen Thought.
- 3Holding priority, activate Mirror Sheen by paying , copying Dampen Thought, which also has the effects of Desperate Ritual, targeting any player.
- 4Resolve Dampen Thought, causing a player to mill four cards and adding .
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#5
Mirror Sheen + Desperate Ritual + Gaze of Adamaro
Infinite damageInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Gaze of Adamaro by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
- 2Holding priority, cast Desperate Ritual by paying its splice cost, adding its effects onto Gaze of Adamaro.
- 3Holding priority, activate Mirror Sheen by paying , copying Gaze of Adamaro, which also has the effects of Desperate Ritual, targeting an opponent.
- 4Resolve Gaze of Adamaro, dealing damage to an opponent and adding .
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#6
Mirror Sheen + Desperate Ritual + Stream of Consciousness
Infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Stream of Consciousness by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
- 2Holding priority, cast Desperate Ritual by paying its splice cost, adding its effects onto Stream of Consciousness.
- 3Holding priority, activate Mirror Sheen by paying , copying Stream of Consciousness, which also has the effects of Desperate Ritual, targeting a player
- 4Resolve Stream of Consciousness, adding .
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#7
Mirror Sheen + Desperate Ritual + Sink into Takenuma
Infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Sink into Takenuma by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
- 2Holding priority, cast Desperate Ritual by paying its splice cost, adding its effects onto Sink into Takenuma.
- 3Holding priority, activate Mirror Sheen by paying , copying Sink into Takenuma, which also has the effects of Desperate Ritual, targeting a player
- 4Resolve Sink into Takenuma, adding .
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#8
Mirror Sheen + Desperate Ritual + Waking Nightmare
Infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Waking Nightmare by paying its mana cost, targeting yourself.
- 2Holding priority, cast Desperate Ritual by paying its splice cost, adding its effects onto Waking Nightmare.
- 3Holding priority, activate Mirror Sheen by paying , copying Waking Nightmare, which also has the effects of Desperate Ritual, targeting an opponent.
- 4Resolve Waking Nightmare, adding .
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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Legal formats
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