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Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain — back face
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SetBOT
Collector #14
Released2022-11-18
Raritymythic
ArtistVolta Creation
LanguageEN
Layouttransform
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Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain

MythicColour IDMV 4
Two-faced — transforms during play
Soundwave, Sonic Spy
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
More Than Meets the Eye (You may cast this card converted for .)
Whenever one or more creature tokens you control deal combat damage to a player, exile target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the damage dealt from their graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you do, convert Soundwave.
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Soundwave, Superior Captain
Legendary Artifact
Whenever you cast a spell with an odd mana value, convert Soundwave. If you do, create Ravage, a legendary 3/3 black Robot artifact creature token with menace and deathtouch.
Whenever you cast a spell with an even mana value, convert Soundwave. If you do, create Laserbeak, a legendary 2/2 blue Robot artifact creature token with flying and hexproof.
Keywords
ConvertMore Than Meets the Eye
Card capabilities
ArtifactCreatureGraveyard interactionLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-11-18Newest 2022-11-18Cheapest priced $17.90 in BOT
Rulings (16)
wotc14 Oct 2022
A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.
wotc14 Oct 2022
Zero is even.
wotc14 Oct 2022
Soundwave, Sonic Spy's triggered ability can target only an instant or sorcery card with mana value exactly equal to the amount of damage dealt to the player by creature tokens you control.
wotc14 Oct 2022
If you don't cast the copy, it ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked. The exiled card stays exiled whether you cast the copy or not.
wotc14 Oct 2022
"More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.
wotc14 Oct 2022
Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.
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