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Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue

Ivy wants a deck that casts lots of instant and sorcery spells. It also works in a deck built around Faeries or Rogues.

  • Mana costgreenblue
  • Blue, Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 1
  • RarityRare

Flying

Whenever a player casts a spell that targets only a single creature other than Ivy, you may copy that spell. The copy targets Ivy. (A copy of an Aura spell becomes a token.)

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Cards That Fit Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Picked for what they do in Ivy's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Ivy's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

explain how Ivy works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

If a spell has multiple targets but all of them are the same creature, Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief's second ability will trigger.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

If Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief isn't a legal target for the spell, no copy can be created.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

If the spell that's 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.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too. Notably, if the spell you copy was kicked, the copies will also be kicked.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

The copy is created even if the spell that caused the ability to trigger has been countered by the time the ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

The copy that Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief's second ability creates is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Other abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

The second ability triggers whenever a player casts a spell that targets only one creature and no other object or player. It doesn't matter who controls the creature.

8 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Ivy, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUGPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, G for green. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.SpellslingerSpellslinger decks cast lots of instants and sorceries, one-time spells, and play creatures that reward every spell you cast. Instants and sorceries take effect once and then go to your graveyard, and an instant can even be cast during another player's turn.Open the Spellslinger pageSpell CopyingCopies a spell or an ability. The copy is not cast, so it costs nothing extra and does not set off cards that care about casting a spell. Reverberate, Storm-Kiln ArtistOpen the Spell Copying pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion page