Art: Simon Dominic
Commander 2021 · C21 #4 · Mythic
Zaffai, Thunder Conductor
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman · 1/4
As a commander
Commander pageMarket price · TCGplayer
$0.89
▲ 2.30% · 7 days
$0.89
▼ 3.26% · 30 days
$0.89
▼ 16.04% · 90 days
Other printings
2
Official rulings
8
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"That spell's mana value" refers to the spell that caused the ability to trigger, not the card you look at when you scry.
April 16, 2021
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Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
April 16, 2021
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For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
April 16, 2021
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If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
April 16, 2021
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If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
April 16, 2021
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If the instant or sorcery spell has {X} in its mana cost, X is the value chosen for X as the spell was cast.
April 16, 2021
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Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
April 16, 2021
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The wrong card name was inadvertently included in Zaffai's printed rules text. The text above is correct and the full name of the card is Zaffai, Thunder Conductor.
April 16, 2021