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Vesuvan Duplimancy

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a spell that targets only a single artifact or creature you control, create a token that's a copy of that artifact or creature, except it's not legendary.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3934
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Vesuvan Duplimancy card art
Vesuvan Duplimancy turns every single-target non-Aura spell you cast on a creature into a token factory, duplicating the target as a shapeshifter copy each time — the payoff is enormous and the setup cost is just keeping it on the battlefield at three mana. The catch is that it does nothing without a steady stream of pump spells or cantrips targeting your own creatures, which is exactly why Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief decks treat it as a centerpiece rather than a support card. If your deck already casts targeted spells on its own creatures, Vesuvan Duplimancy is a slam include; if it doesn't, it's a dead enchantment.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

69.5% of decks · synergy 0.68

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies every single-target spell aimed at another creature, and Vesuvan Duplimancy rewards every one of those triggers with a fresh shapeshifter token — the two cards form a self-reinforcing loop where each spell cast generates both a copied effect and a new body.

02
Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

66.0% of decks · synergy 0.63

Orvar, the All-Form already wants a board full of instant and sorcery spells targeting its own permanents, and Vesuvan Duplimancy layers a token onto each of those activations, effectively doubling the permanent count every time Orvar does what it was going to do anyway.

03
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

44.2% of decks · synergy 0.42

Otrimi, the Ever-Playful builds around mutate, and Vesuvan Duplimancy generates a copy of the targeted creature each time a mutate spell resolves on it — more bodies means more mutate targets and a wider board to threaten with.

04
Illuna, Apex of Wishes

Illuna, Apex of Wishes

28.7% of decks · synergy 0.28

Illuna, Apex of Wishes is a mutate commander that naturally targets its own creatures, and Vesuvan Duplimancy converts each of those mutate casts into an additional shapeshifter token, stretching the value of every spell in the deck.

05
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

28.4% of decks · synergy 0.27

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster repeatedly recasts instants and sorceries, and Vesuvan Duplimancy converts the creature-targeting ones into a stream of copy tokens — more tokens means more attack triggers and more imprinted spells firing off each combat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Vesuvan Duplimancy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it has found a meaningful home almost exclusively in Commander. In competitive 60-card formats it's too slow and too reliant on a critical mass of targeted spells to slot into established strategies — three mana for an enchantment that needs further investment is a liability when the game can be over by turn four. Commander is the format that can actually feed it: longer games, more instants and sorceries targeting your own creatures, and commanders like Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief or Orvar, the All-Form that are built around the exact trigger condition Vesuvan Duplimancy demands. In Oathbreaker it can function in the right shell, but the 20-life starting total and faster clock make the setup harder to justify.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Kykar, Wind's FuryVesuvan DuplimancyCrown of Flames

Kykar, Wind's FuryVesuvan DuplimancyCrown of Flames

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite nonlegendary copies of creatures you control; Infinite red mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

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Current pricing data for Vesuvan Duplimancy isn't available in our feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market rate before buying. Given its high inclusion rate in Ivy and Orvar lists, demand has historically kept it from sitting in bulk bins — expect a meaningful price tag relative to similar enchantments.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.