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Creature — Human Cleric Wizard // Sorcery

Illustrated by Ryan Pancoast

F

EDHREC Rank #7,763

First strike At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) // You and target opponent each draw three cards.

Rulings (16)

A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.

Mar 20, 2026

Casting a copy of a prepare spell from exile isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to a copy of a prepare spell cast from exile.

Mar 20, 2026

As an effect causes a creature with a prepare spell to become prepared (including effects that state that a creature "enters prepared"), that creature's controller creates a copy of that creature's prepare spell in exile. That copy remains in exile for as long as that permanent is on the battlefield and is prepared. That creature's controller may cast that copy as long as it remains in exile. As they cast it, that creature stops being prepared.

Mar 20, 2026