Pyromancer's Goggles 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
: Add
. When that mana is spent to cast a red instant or sorcery spell, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
Complete guide
Pyromancer's Goggles is a powerful legendary artifact that serves as both a mana source and a copy engine for red mages. By tapping into the essence of Chandra Nalaar, you can turn a single fireball into a twin blast of destruction.
What it Does
Pyromancer's Goggles taps to add one red mana ({R}) to your mana pool. While you can spend this mana on anything, it has a special delayed trigger: if you spend it to cast a red instant or sorcery spell, you create a copy of that spell. You even get to choose new targets for the copy, allowing you to spread the damage or double down on a single threat.
How it Resolves Step by Step
First, you tap the Goggles to generate mana. This mana carries a 'tag' that tracks its use. When you move to cast a red instant or sorcery, you spend that specific mana as part of the spell's cost. This puts a triggered ability on the stack on top of your spell. That trigger resolves first, creating a copy of the spell with the same modes and X-values. The copy then resolves, followed finally by your original spell.
Common Mistakes
Players often forget that the copy is created even if the original spell is countered. Additionally, because the copy is placed directly onto the stack, it is not 'cast,' so it won't trigger abilities like Prowess. Also, remember that if you spend multiple mana from different Goggles (or the same one via untap effects) on one spell, you get a copy for every single mana spent.
When to Play it
This artifact is best in decks heavy on red spells where you can maximize the value of the copy effect. It is particularly effective with modal spells or spells with an X in their cost, as those values are locked in for the copy as well. Even if you don't have a spell to copy, it acts as a reliable source of acceleration for your larger permanents.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you tap Pyromancer's Goggles for mana to help cast Solemn Simulacrum, the mana is spent legally, but no copy is created. Because Solemn Simulacrum is a colorless artifact creature and not a red instant or sorcery, the delayed trigger condition is not met.
The One RingYou can use the red mana from Pyromancer's Goggles to help pay the {4} cost for The One Ring. Since the Goggles state the mana can be spent on anything, it functions as standard mana in this scenario. However, you will not get a copy of The One Ring because it is an artifact, not an instant or sorcery spell.
Imagine you have two Pyromancer's Goggles on the battlefield. You tap both for {R}{R} and spend both to cast a red sorcery costing {1}{R}. Because you spent two separate mana sources that each have the 'copy' trigger, you will create two copies of the spell for a total of three instances of the effect.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Pyromancer's Goggles
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The mana produced by Pyromancer's Goggles can be spent on anything, not just a red instant or sorcery spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Any red instant or sorcery spell you spend the mana on will be copied, not just one that requires targets.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The delayed triggered ability will trigger whether Pyromancer's Goggles is still on the battlefield or not.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If more than one red mana produced by a Pyromancer's Goggles is spent to cast a single red instant or sorcery spell, the delayed triggered ability associated with each mana spent will trigger. That many copies will be created. It doesn't matter if this red mana was produced by one Pyromancer's Goggles or by multiple Pyromancer's Goggles.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
A copy is created even if the spell cast with the red mana produced by Pyromancer's Goggles has been countered or otherwise left the stack without resolving by the time that ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· 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. The new targets must be legal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied spell is modal (that is, it says "Choose one –" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose a different one.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied spell has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Reverberate
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Reverberate by paying its mana cost, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Reverberate, with the copy targeting the original Reverberate.
- 5Resolve the copy of Reverberate, creating a copy of Reverberate targeting the original Reverberate.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Return the Favor
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Return the Favor by paying its mana cost, choosing its first mode, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Return the Favor, with the copy targeting the original Return the Favor.
- 5Resolve the copy of Return the Favor, creating a copy of Return the Favor targeting the original Return the Favor.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Increasing Vengeance
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Increasing Vengeance by paying its mana cost, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Increasing Vengeance, with the copy targeting the original Increasing Vengeance.
- 5Resolve the copy of Increasing Vengeance, creating a copy of Increasing Vengeance targeting the original Increasing Vengeance.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Reiterate
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Reiterate by paying its mana cost, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Reiterate, with the copy targeting the original Reiterate.
- 5Resolve the copy of Reiterate, creating a copy of Reiterate targeting the original Reiterate.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Flare of Duplication
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Flare of Duplication by paying its mana cost or by sacrificing a nontoken red creature, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Flare of Duplication, with the copy targeting the original Flare of Duplication.
- 5Resolve the copy of Flare of Duplication, creating a copy of Flare of Duplication targeting the original Flare of Duplication.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Wild Ricochet
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Wild Ricochet by paying its mana cost, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Wild Ricochet, with the copy targeting the original Wild Ricochet.
- 5Resolve the copy of Wild Ricochet, creating a copy of Wild Ricochet targeting the original Wild Ricochet.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Expansion // Explosion
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery with mana value 4 or less by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Expansion by paying its mana cost, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Expansion, with the copy targeting the original Expansion.
- 5Resolve the copy of Expansion, creating a copy of Expansion targeting the original Expansion.
- 6Repeat step 5.
Pyromancer's Goggles + Fork
- 1Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Fork by paying its mana cost, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 4Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Fork, with the copy targeting the original Fork.
- 5Resolve the copy of Fork, creating a copy of Fork targeting the original Fork.
- 6Repeat step 5.
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