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    Harness the Storm

    Enchantment

    Harness the Storm

    Illustrated by Raymond Swanland

    EDHREC Rank #17,652
    Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast target card with the same name as that spell from your graveyard. (You still pay its costs.)

    "There is no place like a rooftop laboratory in a lightning storm. It's where genius strikes." —Renna, Selhoff alchemist

    Rulings (6)

    You must choose a target for Harness the Storm’s ability (if one exists) immediately after you’ve cast an instant or sorcery spell. There’s no way for that spell to be countered and then targeted by Harness the Storm once it’s in the graveyard.

    Apr 8, 2016

    Because you’re paying the spell’s costs, you can pay alternative costs, such as awaken costs and surge costs from the Battle for Zendikar block. You can also pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has a mandatory additional cost, like Lightning Axe, you must pay it to cast the card.

    Apr 8, 2016

    You choose whether to cast the targeted card as the ability resolves. You can’t wait to cast it later, and there’s no way for your opponents to set up a situation where you have to cast the card but don’t want to.

    Apr 8, 2016

    Legality

    Formats by platform

    Commander

    Competitive

    Community & retro

    Printings (2)

    Harness the Storm — Shadows over Innistrad
    SOI#163$0.33
    Shadows over Innistrad
    Harness the Storm — Shadows over Innistrad Promos
    PSOI#163s
    Shadows over Innistrad Promos