Do copied spells trigger abilities again?

Asked by Egann 11 years ago

I am making a deck featuring Melek, Izzet Paragon Young Pyromancer and Illusionist's Bracers and I am curious about how they interact.

If I have both Melek and the Young Pyromancer in play, both with bracers equipped, and I cast a spell from the top of my library. I know at minimum this puts two tokens out, but does it put out more?

My reading is that Melek copies the spell once, then the bracers copy it again for a total of three spells. The Young Pyro then puts a token in play for each of those spells, and then his bracers copy the ability three more times, for a total of six tokens.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

There are different kinds of abilities. Activated abilities are written "Cost : Effect", triggered abilities start with "when/whenever/at", and anything else is a static ability. Illusionist's Bracers copies activated abilities, but Melek, Izzet Paragon and Young Pyromancer don't have any activated abilities. The Bracers don't interact with either of them. Strionic Resonator will work, since it specifically copies triggered abilities.

Melek and the Pyromancer trigger when a spell is cast. An effect that makes a copy of a spell without specifically saying it "casts" it doesn't cast the copy. The copy won't cause any abilities that care about spells being cast to trigger.

April 10, 2014 2:43 p.m.