Frontline Heroism

Spell-copy engines that duplicate a single-target instant onto a widening board have chased this idea for years, and they all tripped on the same rock: the copy needs a legal object, and a stalled or empty battlefield left it fizzling with nothing to hit. This design plugs that gap twice over. The enter trigger drops a hasty 1/1 red Soldier the moment the enchantment resolves, so a spell always has somewhere to point even when the board is bare. From there, any single-target spell aimed at a creature under your control spins out a second Soldier first, then copies the spell so the fresh token becomes the copy's mark. The sequencing rewards precision: the targeting clause is checked when you cast the original, so a valid object must already exist. The token the trigger produces cannot retroactively satisfy that requirement; it only stands in as the copy's target afterward. Pump an attacker and the buff rides both the original and its duplicate, folding one combat trick into two.

The wording is also its cage. It ignores removal thrown at an opponent's creature, does nothing for spells with multiple targets, and answers cast spells only, never activated or triggered abilities. Auras qualify, since casting one always targets, so a friendly Aura copies onto the Soldier as well. The engine wants a shell dense with cheap single-target instants and Auras, paying out twice for every one it draws.