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Captain Ripley Vance
UncommonColour IDMV 3
Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
Whenever you cast your third spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Captain Ripley Vance, then it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
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Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2021-06-18Newest 2023-08-04Cheapest priced $0.21 in MH2
Rulings (3)
wotc18 Jun 2021
Captain Ripley Vance need not be on the battlefield to witness the first two spells being cast. As long as it's already on the battlefield when you cast the third spell of a turn, its ability triggers.
wotc18 Jun 2021
Copying a spell is not the same as casting a spell.
wotc18 Jun 2021
Believe it or not, Ripley counts spells that were cast even if they didn't resolve. This means it still counts spells that were countered.
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