The World Spell 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
Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal a non-Saga permanent card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. III — Put up to two non-Saga permanent cards from your hand onto the battlefield.
How it works : The World Spell
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
As a Saga with read ahead enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga’s greatest chapter number. The Saga enters the battlefield with the chosen number of lore counters. Neither choosing the number nor putting the counters on the Saga use the stack, and neither can be responded to.
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
Tom Bombadil + The World Spell + Mortuary + Cloudstone Curio
Infinite blinkingInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers, causing you to put Tom Bombadil onto the battlefield from your hand and sacrifice The World Spell.
- 3Mortuary, Cloudstone Curio and Tom Bombadil each trigger.
- 4Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting The World Spell on top of your library from your graveyard.
- 5Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand from the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Tom Bombadil trigger, causing you to reveal The World Spell from the top of your library and put it onto the battlefield.
- 7Choose to have The World Spell enter with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 8Cloudstone Curio and The World Spell's third chapter ability trigger.
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#2
Tom Bombadil + The World Spell + Mortuary + Cloudstone Curio
Infinite blinkingInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers, causing you to put Tom Bombadil onto the battlefield from your hand and sacrifice The World Spell.
- 3Mortuary, Cloudstone Curio and Tom Bombadil each trigger.
- 4Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting The World Spell on top of your library from your graveyard.
- 5Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand from the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Tom Bombadil trigger, causing you to reveal The World Spell from the top of your library and put it onto the battlefield.
- 7Choose to have The World Spell enter with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 8Cloudstone Curio and The World Spell's third chapter ability trigger.
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#3
The World Spell + Cloudstone Curio + Strionic Resonator + Copy Enchantment
Infinite mill
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying
and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger. - 4Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Copy Enchantment and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 5Choose to have Copy Enchantment enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 6Copy Enchantment triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
- 7Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
- 8Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Copy Enchantment and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
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#4
The World Spell + Cloudstone Curio + Lithoform Engine + Estrid's Invocation
Infinite mill
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Lithoform Engine's first ability by paying and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Estrid's Invocation and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 5Choose to have Estrid's Invocation enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 6Estrid's Invocation triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
- 7Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
- 8Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Estrid's Invocation and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
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#5
The World Spell + Cloudstone Curio + Lithoform Engine + Clever Impersonator
Infinite mill
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Lithoform Engine's first ability by paying and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Clever Impersonator and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 5Choose to have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 6Clever Impersonator triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
- 7Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
- 8Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Clever Impersonator and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
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#6
The World Spell + Cloudstone Curio + Strionic Resonator + Mirrormade
Infinite mill
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Mirrormade and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 5Choose to have Mirrormade enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 6Mirrormade triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
- 7Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
- 8Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Mirrormade and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
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#7
The World Spell + Cloudstone Curio + Lithoform Engine + Copy Enchantment
Infinite mill
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Lithoform Engine's first ability by paying and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Copy Enchantment and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 5Choose to have Copy Enchantment enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 6Copy Enchantment triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
- 7Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
- 8Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Copy Enchantment and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
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#8
The World Spell + Cloudstone Curio + Strionic Resonator + Clever Impersonator
Infinite mill
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
- 2The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Clever Impersonator and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 5Choose to have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
- 6Clever Impersonator triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
- 7Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
- 8Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Clever Impersonator and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
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Legal formats
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