When the second ability resolves, it creates a copy of a spell. That copy is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won’t trigger. The copy will then resolve like a normal spell, after players get a chance to cast spells and activate abilities.
Nivix Guildmage’s second ability can target (and copy) any instant or sorcery spell you control, not just one with targets.
If the copied spell is modal (that is, it says “Choose one —” or the like), the copy will have the same mode. You can’t choose a different one.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C17 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #186 of *Commander 2017*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2017 Commander 2017 release.
Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity red/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {U}{R} (2 converted).
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,663 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Rarix catalogs 616 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Scott M. Fischer
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If the copied spell has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Sphinx’s Revelation does), the copy has the same value of X.
You can’t choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional or alternative costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too. For example, if you copy a spell that you cast by paying its overload cost, the copy will resolve as though its overload cost had been paid as well.
The copy will have the same targets as the spell it’s copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can’t choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
