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Fin Fang Foom

Legendary Creature — Alien Dragon Villain2 generic manaRed manaRed mana

Spell-copying has always keyed off spell type or target, but the trigger condition here is unusually specific: the spell has to point at an artifact or land. That narrows the payload to a strange, precise band of cards (mana ramp aimed at your own lands, artifact removal, land destruction, the odd tempo bounce on a Treasure or a Signet) and asks a deckbuilder to treat that band as a resource rather than a grab bag. What makes the trigger sing is that it doubles the free-target logic across the board: cast one land-destruction spell, get two, choose new targets for the copy, and grow the body by two counters in the same breath. Most red spell-copy engines have been about burn or big Fireball payoffs; this one deliberately routes around damage and toward the utility spells that usually don't warrant an engine at all. The 3/5 flying frame is the tell that the card is built to survive turns rather than end them immediately: it wants to sit back, accrue counters off a stream of cheap targeted spells, and turn incidental utility into a clock. The counters also make the trigger self-reinforcing, since each qualifying cast leaves the threat larger and the copy still on the stack.

Fin Fang Foom (msh)
MSH · #411rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.57
Foil: $0.67
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets an artifact or land, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Put two +1/+1 counters on Fin Fang Foom.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
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
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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