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Djinn Illuminatus

Creature — Djinn5 generic manaBlue or Red manaBlue or Red mana

Replicate as printed is a one-shot mana sink: pay the spell's mana cost again, on cast, to fork it into a copy. This Djinn rewrites that from a per-spell option into a standing rule, granting replicate to every instant and sorcery you cast at a cost equal to that spell's own mana cost. The result is a doubling engine that scales with your mana rather than your hand: pay the replicate cost once and a burn spell becomes two heads, a removal spell two targets, a draw spell two refills, and you can keep paying to fork as many times as your pool allows. The new-targets clause is where the reach lives, turning a single Lightning Helix into a spread of independently aimed copies the moment the extra mana is there. The 3/5 flying body is almost incidental; the seven-mana investment is buying the rule, not the creature, and the rule rewards a deck built on cheap, repeatable spell effects that gain more from being doubled than from being cast bigger. It lands squarely in Izzet's home territory, the game's enduring spells-matter pairing, and the two hybrid symbols that can each be paid as blue or red are the point made in miniature: a creature whose purpose is to make red's burn and blue's card-draw multiply off the same engine, whichever side of the pie you lean on.

Djinn Illuminatus (c20)
C20 · #210rare
Pricing
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Oracle Text

Rules text

(Blue or Red mana can be paid with either Blue mana or Red mana.) Flying Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has replicate. The replicate cost is equal to its mana cost. (When you cast it, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Legalities

Format Status

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