Double Stroke

Card Information

Type: Conspiracy

CMC: 0

Part of the Reserved List: No

Set: ()

Rarity:

Collector Number:

Oracle Text

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly choose a card name. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal that name.) Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with the chosen name, you may copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Keywords

Hidden agenda

Format Legalities

duel(Banned)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Banned)
modern(Not Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Banned)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Banned)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Banned)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. August 23, 2016

    A conspiracy's static and triggered abilities function as long as that conspiracy is face-up in the command zone.

    Source: wotc
  2. August 23, 2016

    A conspiracy doesn't count as a card in your deck for purposes of meeting minimum deck size requirements. (In most drafts, the minimum deck size is 40 cards.)

    Source: wotc
  3. August 23, 2016

    As a special action, you may turn a face-down conspiracy face up. You may do so any time you have priority. This action doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Once face up, the named card is revealed and the conspiracy's abilities will affect the game.

    Source: wotc
  4. August 23, 2016

    You can look at any player's face-up conspiracies at any time. You'll also know how many face-down conspiracies a player has in the command zone, although you won't know what they are.

    Source: wotc
  5. August 23, 2016

    You must name a Magic card. Notably, you can't name a token.

    Source: wotc
  6. August 23, 2016

    At the end of the game, you must reveal any face-down conspiracies you own in the command zone to all players.

    Source: wotc
  7. August 23, 2016

    Conspiracies aren't legal for any sanctioned Constructed format, but may be included in other Limited formats, such as Cube Draft.

    Source: wotc
  8. August 23, 2016

    You name the card as the game begins, as you put the conspiracy into the command zone, not as you turn the face-down conspiracy face up.

    Source: wotc
  9. August 23, 2016

    Conspiracies are never put into your deck. Instead, you put any number of conspiracies from your card pool into the command zone as the game begins. These conspiracies are face up unless they have hidden agenda, in which case they begin the game face down.

    Source: wotc
  10. August 23, 2016

    Conspiracies are colorless, have no mana cost, and can't be cast as spells.

    Source: wotc
  11. August 23, 2016

    A conspiracy with hidden agenda that has a triggered ability must be face up before that ability's trigger condition is met in order for it to trigger. Turning it face up afterward won't have any effect.

    Source: wotc
  12. August 23, 2016

    You don't have to play with any conspiracy you draft. However, you have only one opportunity to put conspiracies into the command zone, as the game begins. You can't put conspiracies into the command zone after this point.

    Source: wotc
  13. August 23, 2016

    There are several ways to secretly name a card, including writing the name on a piece of paper that's kept with the face-down conspiracy. If you have multiple face-down conspiracies, you may name a different card for each one. It's important that each named card is clearly associated with only one of the conspiracies.

    Source: wotc
  14. August 23, 2016

    If you play multiple games after the draft, you can name a different card in each new game.

    Source: wotc
  15. August 23, 2016

    At the end of the game, you must reveal any face-down conspiracies you own in the command zone to all players. Notably, you can't bluff conspiracies with hidden agenda by putting other cards into the command zone face down as the game starts.

    Source: wotc
  16. May 29, 2014

    If the spell being copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode. You can't choose a different one.

    Source: wotc
  17. May 29, 2014

    The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

    Source: wotc
  18. May 29, 2014

    If the spell being copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Skeletal Scrying has), the copy will have the same value of X.

    Source: wotc
  19. May 29, 2014

    Effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell will be copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy. For example, if a player exiles three cards from their graveyard to cast Skeletal Scrying, and you copy it, the copy will also cause you to draw three cards and lose 3 life (but you won't exile any cards from your graveyard).

    Source: wotc
  20. May 29, 2014

    You must turn Double Stroke face up before you cast the spell with the chosen name to have Double Stroke's second ability trigger.

    Source: wotc
  21. May 29, 2014

    When the ability resolves, it creates a copy of the spell. You control the copy. That copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger. The copy will resolve like a normal spell, after players get a chance to cast spells and activate abilities.

    Source: wotc

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