Wayspeaker Bodyguard 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
When this creature enters, return target nonland permanent card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand. Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Complete guide
Wayspeaker Bodyguard is a versatile Orc Monk that provides both card advantage and battlefield control. By recurring low-cost permanents and tapping down blockers, it ensures your offensive strategy remains uninterrupted. It is a perfect fit for decks that focus on casting multiple spells to trigger Flurry abilities.
Recap and Recovery
When Wayspeaker Bodyguard enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers. You target a nonland permanent card in your graveyard with a mana value of 2 or less. This includes creatures, artifacts, enchantments, and planeswalkers. Note that if a card has {X} in its mana cost, like a Hangarback Walker, the value of X is considered 0 in the graveyard, making it a valid target.
Mastering the Flurry
The Flurry ability triggers specifically when you cast your second spell each turn. If Wayspeaker Bodyguard was the first spell you cast that turn, casting any other spell afterward will trigger Flurry. If you cast another spell before Wayspeaker Bodyguard, the Bodyguard itself will be your second spell, triggering its own Flurry ability as it is cast.
Common Timing Mistakes
Players often forget that Flurry tracks spells cast before Wayspeaker Bodyguard entered the battlefield. If you have already cast two or more spells before the Bodyguard hits the table, you cannot trigger Flurry again that turn. Additionally, the targeting for the entry ability happens when the trigger is put on the stack; if the target is removed from the graveyard in response, the ability will fail to resolve.
Strategic Deployment
Use this card to reclaim vital utility pieces or early-game threats that have been destroyed. Because Flurry taps an opponent's creature, it is best used during your pre-combat main phase to remove a potential blocker. In a pinch, you can even cast an instant on an opponent's turn as your second spell to tap a creature and prevent it from attacking you.
Interaction examples
Roaming ThroneIf you control Roaming Throne with 'Orc' or 'Monk' chosen, Wayspeaker Bodyguard's abilities trigger twice. When it enters, you can return two nonland permanents with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand. Furthermore, when you cast your second spell of the turn, Flurry triggers twice, allowing you to tap two different creatures your opponents control.
Solemn SimulacrumSuppose you cast Solemn Simulacrum as your first spell. Next, you cast Wayspeaker Bodyguard. Because the Bodyguard is the second spell you cast this turn, its Flurry ability triggers while it is still on the stack. You tap an opponent's creature immediately. Then, the Bodyguard resolves and enters the battlefield, triggering its ability to return a cheap permanent from your graveyard to your hand.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Wayspeaker Bodyguard
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a card in a graveyard has
in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Spells that were cast before a permanent with flurry count. If that permanent was the first spell you cast that turn, the next spell you cast that turn is your second spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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