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A-Leyline of Resonance

Enchantment2 generic manaRed manaRed mana

The A- prefix marks this as an Arena rebalance, and the balancing lever is worth naming: the paper version of this Leyline copied any instant or sorcery targeting a single creature you control, while the digital rebalance taxes each copy a mana. That 1 generic mana is not a rounding error. Free spell-doubling with no downstream cost turns every pump spell, every Giant Growth effect, every targeted protection into a two-for-one that snowballs, and against a red aura or trample body it ends games out of nowhere. Charging one mana per copy reintroduces resource friction: you still get the copy, but you pay for it, so the machine gun becomes a decision rather than a reflex. The Leyline framing does the other half of the work. The opening-hand-into-play clause means the enchantment can be online before the game's first spell, which is the whole reason a heavily conditional four-mana enchantment sees play at all: it is not a card you cast, it is a mulligan-adjacent statement of intent. Everything about the design points at a targeted-spell aggro shell where the copy trigger is the payoff and the Leyline start is the enabler. The digital-only tax is a quiet admission that the free version copied a little too eagerly for an environment where the same interactions repeat thousands of times a day.

A-Leyline of Resonance (dsk)
DSK · #A-143rare
Oracle Text

Rules text

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single creature you control, you may pay 1 generic mana. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
N/A
Vintage
N/A
Commander
N/A
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
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Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
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Pauper Commander
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Oathbreaker
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Gladiator
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Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
N/A
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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