Sea Gate Stormcaller 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
KickerWhen this creature enters, copy the next instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less you cast this turn when you cast it. If this creature was kicked, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.
How it works : Sea Gate Stormcaller
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· 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. Notably, if the spell you copy was kicked, the copy or copies will also be kicked.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
Sea Gate Stormcaller's delayed triggered ability will copy any instant or sorcery spell, not just one with targets.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· 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.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
A copy is created even if Sea Gate Stormcaller leaves the battlefield before its delayed triggered ability is created.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #11· Wizards of the Coast
A copy is created even if the spell that caused Sea Gate Stormcaller's delayed triggered ability to trigger has been countered by the time that ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #12· 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.
- #13· Wizards of the Coast
If the spell 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #14· Wizards of the Coast
For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value. If it's copied, the copy has the same value of X.No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Storm-Kiln Artist + Sea Gate Stormcaller + Twinflame + Narset's Reversal
- 1Cast Sea Gate Stormcaller by paying
. - 2When Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn with mana value 2 or less.
- 3Cast Twinflame by paying
, targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller. - 4Sea Gate Stormcaller and Storm-Kiln Artist trigger.
- 5Resolve the Storm-Kiln Artist trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Sea Gate Stormcaller trigger, copying Twinflame, with the copy targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller.
- 7Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 8Resolve the copy of Twinflame, creating a token copy of Sea Gate Stormcaller with haste.
Storm-Kiln Artist + Sea Gate Stormcaller + Molten Duplication + Narset's Reversal
- 1Cast Sea Gate Stormcaller by paying .
- 2When Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn with mana value 2 or less.
- 3Cast Molten Duplication by paying , targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller.
- 4Sea Gate Stormcaller and Storm-Kiln Artist trigger.
- 5Resolve the Storm-Kiln Artist trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Sea Gate Stormcaller trigger, copying Molten Duplication, with the copy targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller.
- 7Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 8Resolve the copy of Molten Duplication, creating a token copy of Sea Gate Stormcaller with haste.
Sea Gate Stormcaller + Eternal Witness + Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + High Tide
- 1Activate an Island by tapping it, adding .
- 2Cast Sea Gate Stormcaller by paying .
- 3Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, causing you to copy the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn with mana value two or less.
- 4Cast High Tide by paying .
- 5Sea Gate Stormcaller triggers, copying High Tide.
- 6Resolve both High Tides, adding an additional whenever you tap an Island for mana this turn.
- 7Activate a Forest Island by tapping it, adding
. - 8High Tide triggers twice, adding .
Storm-Kiln Artist + Sea Gate Stormcaller + Three Steps Ahead + Narset's Reversal
- 1Cast Sea Gate Stormcaller by paying .
- 2When Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn with mana value 2 or less.
- 3Cast Three Steps Ahead by paying plus an additional
to select its second mode, targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller. - 4Sea Gate Stormcaller and Storm-Kiln Artist trigger.
- 5Resolve the Storm-Kiln Artist trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Sea Gate Stormcaller trigger, copying Three Steps Ahead, with the copy targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller.
- 7Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 8Resolve the copy of Three Steps Ahead, creating a token copy of Sea Gate Stormcaller with haste.
Orvar, the All-Form + Storm-Kiln Artist + Sea Gate Stormcaller + Unsubstantiate
- 1Cast Sea Gate Stormcaller by paying .
- 2Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, copying the next instant or sorcery spell you cast with mana value two or less.
- 3Cast Unsubstantiate by paying , targeting Sea Gate Stormcaller.
- 4Sea Gate Stormcaller, Orvar, and Storm-Kiln Artist trigger.
- 5Resolve the Sea Gate Stormcaller trigger, copying Unsubstantiate, targeting the original Unsubstantiate.
- 6Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the copy of Unsubstantiate, returning the original Unsubstantiate to your hand.
- 8Resolve the Orvar trigger, creating a token copy of Sea Gate Stormcaller.
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