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Fork

Red

9 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Fork, 30th Anniversary Edition printing
30th Anniversary Edition 30A · No. 148 2022-11-28

Card text

{R}{R}
Instant
Copy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.
EDHREC rank #7607 Rare Reserved List
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The 9 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

15 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

The copy that is placed on the stack is not considered to have been "cast".

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

Forking a spell with an X in the cost requires you to use the same X value.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

When a spell with additional costs is copied, you don't have to pay those costs again.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

Fork does not let you make non-targeting choices about the spell.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2009-05-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2009-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Fork, 30th Anniversary Edition printing
30th Anniversary Edition
30A · #445
Rare
∅ No QC price
Fork, Summer Magic / Edgar printing
Summer Magic / Edgar
SUM · #153
Rare
∅ No QC price
Fork, Revised Edition printing
Revised Edition
3ED · #153
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
La Boutique Mythique · Condition HP
Fork, Collectors' Edition printing
Collectors' Edition
CED · #153
Rare
∅ No QC price
Fork, Intl. Collectors' Edition printing
Intl. Collectors' Edition
CEI · #153
Rare
∅ No QC price
Fork, Limited Edition Beta printing
Limited Edition Beta
LEB · #153
Rare
∅ No QC price
Fork, Limited Edition Alpha printing
Limited Edition Alpha
LEA · #152
Rare
∅ No QC price