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Dual Strike

InstantRed manaRed mana

Copy spells have always paid for their power with a timing tax: you need something worth copying already on the stack or in hand, and the mana to double up in the same window. The clever move here is folding that tax into foretell. Set the card aside for two generic on an idle turn, and later the copy trigger costs a single red, which means the whole payload (a burn spell plus its duplicate, a removal spell hitting two targets) can land for less than casting the spell twice outright. The mana-value-four-or-less clamp aims the card at the efficient, targeted spells red actually plays and forecloses on doubling your best bomb for free, then rewards you for holding it. The "you may choose new targets" clause is the strategic axis: this is not just damage arithmetic, it is a way to spread a single removal spell across a board or split a targeted effect between two threats. What makes it live is the pre-commitment. Foretell hides the card in exile face down, so nothing about your board or hand advertises which spell you intend to double; the copy trigger arrives only once you cast the enabler, and the whole sequence resolves at instant speed off a turn you had already paid the setup cost on. You spend information and tempo up front to buy a doubled spell later, which is a different bargain than most copy effects offer.

Dual Strike (khm)
KHM · #132uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.18
Foil: $0.43
Oracle Text

Rules text

When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 4 or less this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Foretell Red mana (During your turn, you may pay 2 generic mana and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Legalities

Format Status

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