Spelljack 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
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
How it works : Spelljack
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you use this on an opponent’s spell which has Buyback, you may pay the Buyback cost as you cast it. If you do so, the card will go to its owner’s hand upon resolution. It will not go to your hand, nor to any player’s graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast an instant or sorcery, it goes to its owner’s graveyard when it resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
This spell can be used on a spell cast using Flashback.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Thousand-Year Storm + Spelljack
- 1Cast any other instant card from your hand by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Spelljack by paying
targeting the instant. - 3Thousand-Year Storm triggers, creating at least one copy of Spelljack that is targeting the original Spelljack.
- 4Resolve the first copy of Spelljack, countering the original Spelljack and exiling it with the ability to cast it for free from exile.
- 5All remaining copies of Spelljack fail to resolve due to having no legal targets.
- 6Cast Spelljack from exile without paying its mana cost, targeting the instant cast in Step 1.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Spelljack + Swarm Intelligence
- 1Cast any other instant card from your hand by paying its mana cost.
- 2Swarm Intelligence triggers, choose not to create a copy of the instant.
- 3Holding priority, cast Spelljack by paying targeting the instant remaining on the stack.
- 4Swarm Intelligence triggers, creating a copy of Spelljack that is targeting the original Spelljack.
- 5Resolve the copy of Spelljack, countering the original Spelljack and exiling it with the ability to cast it for free from exile.
- 6Cast Spelljack from exile without paying its mana cost, targeting the instant cast in step 1.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
Spelljack + Bonus Round
- 1Cast Bonus Round by paying
, causing you to copy any instant and/or sorcery spell you cast this turn. - 2Cast any other instant card from your hand by paying its mana cost.
- 3Bonus Round triggers, copying the instant.
- 4Holding priority, cast Spelljack by paying , targeting the instant.
- 5Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Spelljack that is targeting the original Spelljack.
- 6Resolve the copy of Spelljack, countering the original Spelljack and exiling it with the ability to cast it for free from exile.
- 7Cast Spelljack from exile without paying its mana cost, targeting the instant cast in step 1.
- 8Repeat from step 5.
Spelljack + Chandra, Hope's Beacon + Displacer Kitten
- 1Cast any other instant or sorcery card from your hand by paying its mana cost.
- 2Chandra and Displacer Kitten triggers.
- 3Resolve the Displacer Kitten trigger, blinking Chandra.
- 4Resolve the Chandra trigger, creating a copy of the instant or sorcery.
- 5Holding priority, cast Spelljack by paying , targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 6Chandra and Displacer Kitten triggers.
- 7Resolve the Displacer Kitten trigger, blinking Chandra.
- 8Resolve the Chandra trigger, creating a copy of Spelljack that is targeting the original Spelljack.
Legal formats
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