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Leitmotif Composer
Card Information
Type: Creature — Human Bard
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 20
Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 5 or greater, create a token that's a copy of this creature. {2}{U}: Creatures named Leitmotif Composer can't be blocked this turn.
Format Legalities
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Card Rulings
- March 20, 2026
For spells on the stack with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
Leitmotif Composer's second ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
In the unusual case where Leitmotif Composer becomes a copy of something else while its triggered ability is on the stack but before it resolves, the token will enter as a copy of whatever Leitmotif Composer is copying.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
The token copy will have Leitmotif Composer's ability and will be able to create copies of itself.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
The token doesn't copy whether Leitmotif Composer is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.