Cloven Casting
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a multicolored instant or sorcery spell, you may pay 
. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #21561
Cloven Casting copies the next instant or sorcery you cast each turn for free — that's a repeatable Dual Casting stapled to an enchantment for four mana, which is a strong rate the moment you're casting two or more spells per turn. It's a build-around, not a goodstuff inclusion: if your deck isn't already doubling up on instants and sorceries regularly, this sits dead.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Cloven Casting lives — spell-heavy decks with Mizzix of the Izmagnus, Kalamax, the Stormsire, or Veyran, Voice of Duality turn it into an engine that compounds every draw step. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but those formats move too fast for a four-mana enchantment that doesn't immediately impact the board. In Legacy and Vintage specifically, you'd rather just cast the spell twice with real efficiency than spend four mana setting up a future copy trigger.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Cloven Casting is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a dollar box. Bulk mythics rarely spike unless a new commander pushes them into the spotlight, so this is a low-risk pickup for any spell-doubling build you're assembling now.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.