Three Steps Ahead
Instant
+ — Counter target spell.
+ — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+ — Draw two cards, then discard a card.
She'd planned for every eventuality, with the obvious exception of failure.
Legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic
Rulings (18)
If an effect allows you to cast a spell with spree “without paying its mana cost,” you must still choose at least one mode and pay the associated additional costs.
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You can’t choose the same mode more than once.
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Each additional cost and associated mode in the text box is also preceded with a + indicator. These symbols also have no rules meaning and serve only to remind players that the listed costs are additional costs.
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The token copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
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