Mica, Reader of Ruins
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven #124 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.21 USD
Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
Mica, Reader of Ruins has 1 printing, first in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026). EDHREC ranks it #13,517 among Commander cards. It appears most in Galazeth Prismari decks (356 on EDHREC). It has 9 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Mica, Reader of Ruins most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Galazeth Prismari: 356 decks
- Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea: 306 decks
- Ant-Man, Elusive Avenger: 231 decks
- Breeches, the Blastmaker: 52 decks
- Malcolm, the Eyes: 29 decks
- Alicia Masters, Skilled Sculptor: 16 decks
- Atsushi, the Blazing Sky: 14 decks
- Prompto Argentum: 9 decks
Often played with Mica, Reader of Ruins
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can't choose to pay any additional costs for a copied spell. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.
- : If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
- : The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
- : Mica's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
- : Any choices made when the spell resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves.
- : If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.
- : If the copied spell divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets, the division and number of targets can't be changed. If you choose new targets, you must choose the same number of targets.
- : If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.
- : The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.