Wizard's Staff 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
Equipped creature has prowess. (Whenever its controller casts a noncreature spell, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) If a triggered ability of equipped creature triggers, that ability triggers an additional time. Equip WizardEquip
Complete guide
Wizard's Staff is a versatile piece of Equipment that not only empowers your creatures through spellcasting but also amplifies their innate magical talents. By granting prowess and doubling triggered abilities, this artifact turns a simple Wizard into a powerhouse of value and strength.
What It Does
Wizard's Staff provides two distinct benefits to the creature it is attached to. First, it grants prowess, a keyword that gives the creature +1/+1 until end of turn whenever you cast a noncreature spell. Second, it features a static ability that causes any triggered ability of the equipped creature to trigger an additional time, effectively doubling the impact of its unique effects.
Resolving the Abilities Step by Step
When you cast a noncreature spell while Wizard's Staff is equipped, prowess triggers. Because prowess is a triggered ability of the equipped creature, the Staff's second ability applies, causing prowess to trigger twice. You will put two separate prowess triggers on the stack. As each resolves, the creature gets +1/+1, resulting in a total of +2/+2 for that single spell. If the creature has other triggered abilities (starting with 'when', 'whenever', or 'at'), those will also trigger twice, allowing you to choose new targets for the second instance if applicable.
Common Mistakes
A common misconception is that Wizard's Staff copies the ability. It does not; it simply causes the ability to trigger an additional time. This means you must pay any costs associated with the trigger (like 'you may pay {1}') separately for each instance if you want the effect twice. Additionally, this effect only applies to triggered abilities, not activated abilities (which use a colon) or replacement effects (which use 'as' or 'instead').
When to Play It
Wizard's Staff is most effective in decks featuring Wizards, as the 'Equip Wizard' cost is significantly cheaper at only {1}. It shines in 'Spellslinger' strategies where you can chain multiple noncreature spells to rapidly grow your creature's power while doubling the value of enter-the-battlefield or attack triggers.
Interaction examples
Sol Ring
Arcane SignetWith Wizard's Staff equipped to a creature, you cast Sol Ring. This is a noncreature spell, so prowess triggers twice due to the Staff's doubling effect, giving the creature +2/+2. If you then cast Arcane Signet, prowess triggers twice again. By the time both artifacts have been cast, your creature has received a total of +4/+4 for the turn.
If your creature already has its own triggered abilities—for example, an ability that triggers whenever you cast an artifact—Wizard's Staff will double that ability as well as the prowess granted by the Staff. Casting Arcane Signet would result in two prowess triggers and two instances of the creature's original ability.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Wizard's Staff
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Replacement effects are unaffected by Wizard's Staff's second ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The second ability doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger an additional time. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, additional instances of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by instances of the triggered ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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