Stormsplitter 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
Haste Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a token that's a copy of this creature. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.
Complete guide
Stormsplitter is a volatile Otter Wizard that quickly multiplies whenever you harness the power of magic. With its Haste ability and a penchant for replication, it can turn a single turn of spellcasting into an overwhelming tidal wave of creatures. Understanding how these copies interact with each other is the key to mastering this card's explosive potential.
Exponential Growth
The core of Stormsplitter is its triggered ability: whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you create a token copy of the creature. Crucially, because these tokens are exact copies, they also possess the same triggered ability. This means that if you have one Stormsplitter and cast a spell, you get a second one. If you then cast another spell, both the original and the token trigger, giving you two more tokens for a total of four.
The Anatomy of a Copy
When Stormsplitter creates a token, it copies the 'copiable values' of the creature. This includes the name, mana cost, types, and all printed text. It does not copy temporary effects like +1/+1 counters, Auras, or power modifications from other spells. If Stormsplitter leaves the battlefield before the ability resolves, the game uses its last known information to determine what the token looks like. If Stormsplitter is currently copying something else, the token will be a copy of that new form.
Cleanup and Timing
Every token created by Stormsplitter has a built-in expiration date: it must be exiled at the beginning of the next end step. Because this happens at the start of the end step, any spells you cast during an opponent's turn will create tokens that last until the end of that specific turn. If you cast a spell during your own end step, however, the next end step isn't until the following player's turn, allowing those tokens to stick around for defense.
Interaction examples
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Otter' chosen as the creature type, casting an instant or sorcery will cause Stormsplitter's ability to trigger twice. You will create two tokens immediately. If you then cast a second spell, the original Stormsplitter and the two new tokens will each trigger twice, resulting in six additional tokens being created in a single step.
If you cast Stormsplitter and then cast an instant spell like Opt, the Stormsplitter triggers and creates a token. Both the original and the token have Haste, allowing you to attack for 2 damage immediately. At the beginning of your end step, the token is exiled, but the original Stormsplitter remains for your next turn.
Solemn SimulacrumStormsplitter only triggers on the casting of 'Instant' or 'Sorcery' spells. If you cast Solemn Simulacrum, which is a creature spell, Stormsplitter will not trigger and no tokens will be created. The Otter Wizard requires pure magical energy, not artifacts, to replicate itself.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Stormsplitter
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The token copy will have Stormsplitter’s abilities and will be able to create copies of itself.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The token doesn’t copy whether Stormsplitter is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Stormsplitter splits… er, leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the token will still enter as a copy of Stormsplitter, using Stormsplitter’s copiable values from when it was last on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
In the unusual case where Stormsplitter becomes a copy of something else while its triggered ability is on the stack but before it resolves, the token will enter as a copy of whatever Stormsplitter is copying.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Stormsplitter + Sorcerer Class + Haze of Rage
- 1Activate any creature you control that does not have summoning sickness by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, or to gain a Class level. - 2Repeat step 1 until you control no untapped creatures without summoning sickness, or until you have
available, whichever comes first. - 3Cast Haze of Rage with buyback by paying .
- 4Haze of Rage's storm ability triggers, each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
- 5Resolve the Stormsplitter triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 6Resolve the Sorcerer Class trigger, if applicable, dealing damage to any target equal to the number of instant and/or sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
- 7Resolve the Haze of Rage trigger, copying it for each spell you've cast before it this turn.
- 8Resolve all Haze of Rages, causing creatures you control to get +1/+0 for each Haze of Rage, and returning the original Haze of Rage to your hand.
Stormsplitter + Sorcerer Class + Reiterate
- 1Cast the additional instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 2Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
- 3Resolve the Stormsplitter triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 4Resolve the Sorcerer Class trigger, if applicable, dealing damage to any target equal to the number of instant and/or sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
- 5Holding priority, activate any creature you control that does not have summoning sickness by tapping it, adding that can only be spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, or to gain a Class level.
- 6Repeat step 5 until you control no untapped creatures without summoning sickness, or until you have
available, whichever comes first. - 7Cast Reiterate with buyback by paying , targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- 8Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
Stormsplitter + Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia + Haze of Rage
- 1Cast Haze of Rage with buyback by paying
, tapping Stormsplitter, and tapping Caetus. - 2Haze of Rage's Storm ability and each Stormsplitter triggers.
- 3Resolve Haze of Rage's Storm ability, creating a copy of it for each spell cast before it this turn and resolving all those copies.
- 4Resolve each Stormsplitter's trigger, creating a token copy of each one.
- 5Haze of Rage resolves, giving creatures you control +1/+0 until end of turn and returning itself to your hand.
- 6Cast Haze of Rage with buyback by paying and tapping one token copy of Stormsplitter.
- 7Repeat steps 2 through 5.
- 8Cast Haze of Rage with buyback by paying and tapping two token copies of Stormsplitter.
Stormsplitter + Sprout Swarm
- 1Cast Sprout Swarm with buyback by paying
, reduced by 
for each creature you can tap as you cast it. - 2Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 3Resolve Sprout Swarm, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token and returning Sprout Swarm to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
Stormsplitter + Sorcerer Class + Searing Touch
- 1Activate any creature you control that does not have summoning sickness by tapping it, adding that can only be spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, or to gain a Class level.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no untapped creatures without summoning sickness, or until you have available, whichever comes first.
- 3Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying .
- 4Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
- 5Resolve the Stormsplitter triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 6Resolve the Sorcerer Class trigger, if applicable, dealing damage to any target equal to the number of instant and/or sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
- 7Resolve Searing Touch, dealing 1 damage to any target, and returning Searing Touch to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
Stormsplitter + Sorcerer Class + Seething Anger
- 1Activate any creature you control that does not have summoning sickness by tapping it, adding that can only be spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, or to gain a Class level.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no untapped creatures without summoning sickness, or until you have available, whichever comes first.
- 3Cast Seething Anger with buyback by paying .
- 4Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
- 5Resolve the Stormsplitter triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 6Resolve the Sorcerer Class trigger, if applicable, dealing damage to any target equal to the number of instant and/or sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
- 7Resolve Seething Anger, giving target creature +3/+0 until end of turn, and returning Seething Anger to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
Stormsplitter + Sorcerer Class + Mystic Speculation
- 1Activate any creature you control that does not have summoning sickness by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, or to gain a Class level. - 2Repeat step 1 until you control no untapped creatures without summoning sickness, or until you have available, whichever comes first.
- 3Cast Mystic Speculation with buyback by paying .
- 4Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
- 5Resolve the Stormsplitter triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 6Resolve the Sorcerer Class trigger, if applicable, dealing damage to any target equal to the number of instant and/or sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
- 7Resolve Mystic Speculation, causing you to scry 3 and return Mystic Speculation to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
Stormsplitter + Sorcerer Class + Whispers of the Muse
- 1Activate any creature you control that does not have summoning sickness by tapping it, adding that can only be spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, or to gain a Class level.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no untapped creatures without summoning sickness, or until you have
available, whichever comes first. - 3Cast Whispers of the Muse with buyback by paying .
- 4Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, and Sorcerer Class's third ability triggers if it is level 3.
- 5Resolve the Stormsplitter triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 6Resolve the Sorcerer Class trigger, if applicable, dealing damage to any target equal to the number of instant and/or sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
- 7Resolve Whispers of the Muse, causing you to draw a card, and return Whispers of the Muse to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
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