Definitely an outstanding card, one problem. The ruling- 10/4/2004 The Fork card goes to the graveyard when it resolves and leaves the copy on the stack. There is no card representing the copy on the stack.- is wrong. This judge read as far as "Any one sorcery or instant spell just cast is duplicated.", then made a call off of that. Fork reads "Treat Fork as an exact copy of target spell except that Fork remains red." meaning Fork is that spell. If the spell(i.e. Fork)resolves the spell is cast, there is no phantom card on the stack. Many rulings can be avoided by keeping this in mind involving(e.g.) Guile, Dragon's Claw and the sort, Eyes of the Wisent, ...
Megrimage
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
gotta love fork! it is neat that red has that type of thing... twincast is also great but I always expected that kind of thing from blue, so it is funny that they only got twincast more recently
@go
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(6 votes)
Type your comment here.Twin cast
kowrip
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This is a great card. Not only can it be used to copy that huge fireball you just sent at your opponent, but it can also be used to copy spells like disenchants and giant growths. It often catches players off guard, since this sort of ability is usually in blue.
darkfury
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
what happens if you fork a fork, and then have the forked copies target eachother? could you cast an Infinate number of fireballs?
LG
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
@darkfury: whenever you Fork a Fork, you actually Fork something else; no recursion is possible. The first Fork is a red copy of, say, a Fireball; the second Fork is cast with the original and Forked Fireballs on the stack, so it can copy either (they are identical up to their controller and set of targets) to become a third Fireball with possibly different targets.
AbyssalManZero
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
... I hope with TWIN CAST out there this doesn't mean the end of people playing this.
Really don't see this kind of card for making much of a card for blue though... To me only really works well with rec XD Wish all the burn spells and what-not!
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Obviously one of the best and most powerful cards ever printed in Magic. The options that this thing creates for a paltry two mana are insane.
psyklone
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Lol @ all the people who think Twincast is 2 words
Eppek_the_Goblin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Ah, Fork. The possibilities seem endless. With that said, all I ever seemed to want to do with Fork was duplicate a huge Fireball or Disintegrate. I mean, that's the whole point of Fork, isn't it? Unfortunately for me, Fork never played as well on the table as I imagined it in my head. Often it would sit in my hand, waiting for the right time to be played. More often than not, I'd lose with it still sitting in my hand, waiting for that X-burner or enough mana to PLAY the X-burner plus the Fork. Don't get me wrong, I like Fork. I think I just missed out on most of its potential as a beginning player.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
They should bring this back. Twincast is good, but fork is just as good.
However I call Twincast "Chopsticks" cause it released in Saviors of Kamigawa
@sugga: Yeah but there are so many word for word reprints that it honestly isn't broken in any format. Go ahead, name one where this, twincast, or Reverberate is tier 1. Only broken as hell cards get banned, like skullclamp.
SentByHim
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
They should bring Fork back to "becoming the spell." Especially now that they made a new one.
As you cast fork choose a spell. Fork becomes a copy of that spell except that it is red and you may choose new targets for it.
RampMage
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I always loved forking my opponents demonic tutor.
limbrooke
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Twincast is better than Fork as Twincast can be used as Force of Will fuel, that's it. Otherwise, for a long time Fork was very cool and effective in burn decks. Still is a cool card, if only there was a red FOW...
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This judge read as far as "Any one sorcery or instant spell just cast is duplicated.", then made a call off of that. Fork reads "Treat Fork as an exact copy of target spell except that Fork remains red." meaning Fork is that spell. If the spell(i.e. Fork)resolves the spell is cast, there is no phantom card on the stack. Many rulings can be avoided by keeping this in mind involving(e.g.) Guile, Dragon's Claw and the sort, Eyes of the Wisent, ...
could you cast an Infinate number of fireballs?
The first Fork is a red copy of, say, a Fireball; the second Fork is cast with the original and Forked Fireballs on the stack, so it can copy either (they are identical up to their controller and set of targets) to become a third Fireball with possibly different targets.
Really don't see this kind of card for making much of a card for blue though... To me only really works well with rec XD Wish all the burn spells and what-not!
However I call Twincast "Chopsticks" cause it released in Saviors of Kamigawa
@sugga: Yeah but there are so many word for word reprints that it honestly isn't broken in any format. Go ahead, name one where this, twincast, or Reverberate is tier 1. Only broken as hell cards get banned, like skullclamp.
As you cast fork choose a spell. Fork becomes a copy of that spell except that it is red and you may choose new targets for it.