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Fork ME4

Other printings of "Fork": ME4 #116 30A #148 LEA #152 2ED #153 3ED #153 CED #153 CEI #153 FBB #153 LEB #153 SUM #153 PRM #207 30A #445

Card

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artist	Amy Weber
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availability	mtgo
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	R
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colors	R
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isReprint	1
isReserved	1
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isStorySpotlight
isTextless
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keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{R}{R}
manaValue	2
name	Fork
number	116
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Copy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.
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printings	2ED, 30A, 3ED, CED, CEI, FBB, LEA, LEB, ME4, PRM, SUM
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rarity	rare
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relatedCards
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setCode	ME4
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text	Copy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.
toughness
type	Instant
types	Instant
uuid	838a49ff-0b5b-5416-8c84-fa50f57f0b5b
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setName	Masters Edition IV

Identifiers

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mtgoId	38520
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Legalities

id	52718
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh	Legal
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	838a49ff-0b5b-5416-8c84-fa50f57f0b5b
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

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Foreign Data (per language)

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Rulings

date	text
2004-10-04	For spells that can have a variable number of targets, the controller of the copy must use the same number of targets the original spell did.
2004-10-04	Fork does not let you make non-targeting choices about the spell.
2004-10-04	Fork will not copy changes made by modifying effects to the spell prior to the use of Fork, such as text-changing effects.
2004-10-04	Forking a spell with an X in the cost requires you to use the same X value.
2004-10-04	If mana or other costs need to be spent at resolution of the spell, the player of Fork would still be responsible for paying that cost.
2004-10-04	If the spell being copied targets a spell on the stack, it is possible to target Fork itself since Fork is still on the stack when you pick the target(s) for the copy. Note that the copy's target will be illegal when it resolves.
2004-10-04	If you copy a spell for which Buyback has been paid, you get nothing back since the copied spell does not have a card to give you.
2004-10-04	It does copy the mana symbols in the mana cost for the card it is copying, but it uses its own color definition and not the one from those mana symbols. This is so it maintains its color just like the text says.
2004-10-04	The Fork card goes to the graveyard when it resolves and leaves the copy on the stack. There is no card representing the copy on the stack.
2004-10-04	The copy that is placed on the stack is not considered to have been "cast".
2004-10-04	When a spell with additional costs is copied, you don't have to pay those costs again.
2004-10-04	You need not (and may not) pay any additional mana or other costs (like sacrifices) to use the spell which is Forked. You get control over a complete copy but can change nothing except the targets.
2004-12-01	If you Fork a Spliced spell, the spliced text is added during the announcement of the original spell, and therefore is fully copied by Fork.
2009-05-01	The copy will have the same mana cost as the original spell, but will be red rather than whatever color that mana cost would have made it.
2009-10-01	If the targeted spell was kicked, then the copy will be kicked as well. If the targeted spell was not kicked, then the copy will not be kicked.