It's two of my favourite spells wrapped into one pretty little package.
Douchette
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
One of the only few red control cards available. Also useul in conjuction with your own spells, like Banefire. For example, with only Banefire, 15 mana can hit for 14 health. But with this card, 15 mana can hit for 2x10, an uncounterable 20 damage instant-kill, or a great Planeswalker killer.
UltimaCenturion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
@Douchette, Except that when you copy an X-cost card, you have to plug more X cost into the copy. The mana you tapped land for gets all eaten up by the first fireball, so you can't reuse that mana for the copy. Better to use on a lightning bolt, but that's so costly you probably might as well cycle resounding thunder.
Volcre
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
This would be really funny against Cruel Ultimatum...
CheesyPuffs144
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
@ UltimaCenturion:
706.9. To copy a spell or activated ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; a copy of a spell isn't cast and a copy of an activated ability isn't activated. A copy of a spell or ability copies both the characteristics of the spell or ability and all decisions made for it, including modes, targets, the value of X, and additional or alternative costs. (See rule 601, "Casting Spells.") Choices that are normally made on resolution are not copied. If an effect of the copy refers to objects used to pay its costs, it uses the objects used to pay the costs of the original spell or ability.
masterwumpus
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@ Volcre:
Sadly, this doesn't work as well as you think. Cruel Ultimatum says "target opponent", so you don't get to change the target of the original spell (unless you're in a multiplayer game). However, your copy can target the opponent.
Guest1524274415
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I believe Volcre was saying this nulls cruel, but in the right case, it will kill an opponent
and yes, banefire + this is painful and evil, you will burn in a banefire for thinking that combo as I swerve and twincast it back into you
DarkbladeWraith
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Wild Richochet vs. Cruel Ultimatum wouldn't work 1-vs-1, but in multiplayer (especially Emperor) it'd be absolutely hilarious. And for a reasonable cost - playing Fork and Alter Reality (which together have the same effect as Richochet) has the same CMC as this one card. Not bad!
jsl101669
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Can this card copy a Tutor (Demonic, Enlightened, etc)? Those cards don't 'target' anyone so I am unclear on that.
Any help in appreciated.
Thanks.
Omenchild
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Masterwampus
It says you may choose new targets, you dont even have to change. Plus, you can pick the same guy twice.
A3Kitsune
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
"Wild Ricochet would also fit the color pie as a mono-blue card, or a blue-red hybrid card, or a blue-red gold card."
Devin Low, Head Developer of Magic.
So one day, this card can be available in red, blue, hybrid and gold. That would be great. It's a great card, and I'd love to see it in blue, either mono-blue or hybrid. And gold if it's at 3 CMC, but that may be a tad overpowered.
achilleselbow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I don't get why this isn't considered a staple. It basically gives 3 for 1 card advantage. Opponent tries to Terminate one of your creatures, you cast this, he ends up losing a Terminate and his two best creatures. He tries to Lightning Bolt you or your creature, ends up wasting a bolt and taking 6 damage. Lorwyn cards are ridiculous.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Centurion you are incorrect. When you copy a spell you copy it word for word, that includes any kickers or x costs. see the rules for twincast
Sironos
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Wow, 2 spells in one, mono coloured and RED, amazing, this has blue written all over it, how odd to see it in red.
Nagazel
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This spell is replaced by Reverberate if you're copying your own burn spells. Otherwise it still runs as an amazing ace-in-the-hole again opponent spells. I personally run both.
RedRapist
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Excellent when used with Sunforger. You can duplicate your spells, ricochet your enemy's spells or get around an enemy counterspell for 2 mana. Or if you get 2 sunforgers (stonehewer giant is awesome for that) you can use two ricochet's for 4 mana which leads to 4 copies :O
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@Jsl101669: yes, this can copy a Tutor. However, since tutors normally don't target, you wont get to do anything with the original spell.
Example: If you cast Wild Ricochet targeting your opponent's Demonic Tutor, you'd end up getting a copy of Demonic Tutor for yourself. Your opponent still searches his/her own library with their own Tutor, because you can't change which player the Tutor affects. Basically, you just cast an expensive Reverberate on your opponent's Tutor.
If, however, you cast Wild Ricochet targeting a tutor that targets a player (i.e. "target player searches..."), then you would be able to tutor for both spells. Sadly, as of this post, no such tutor exists right now - if you search the rules text "target player searches", you end up with Fertilid... -.-
"Time stretch myself!" "Wild richocet, I'll be playing solitaire for the next 5 turns..."
18scsc
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
(in a three way multi player) player1:okay i sacrifice my 12 4/4s for soulblast on player 2. player2: good game... why arent you guys paking up yet, oh thats right i havent done this yet, i plaay wild ricohay kill player 1, and sacrifice my 5 7/7s to take care of player 3. player 3 and player 1: WHATT!!!!!
Artscrafter
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@GrimjawxRULES: I like your thinking with Lobotomy and Bitter Ordeal, but there are drawbacks to those. Most importantly, the controller of the spell still does the searching, so for the original copy of it they pick what gets ditched, if anything - at best there'll be no/little effect and at worst you're giving them a partial Selective Memory. Hitting Bitter Ordeal with this would only get you one shot of it and any gravestormed copies played on you would still go through.
@18scsc: You wouldn't sac your own creatures to a copy of Soulblast because sacking them is part of the cost to cast the spell and you're not casting the copy. You would, however, be able to do the original spell's damage to player 3 with the copy.
OpenSeasonNoobs
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
@Douchette
Sure, this card will work with banefire... But Fork and now the new Radiate as well as old school Twincast make that combo work the same way. Now, if someone tried to Banefire YOU for 10, that's when this card gets nasty.
3 for 1 is always good think of "countering" a unmake and removing 2 targets with it
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That old-ass giant ain't even mad.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Swerve stapled onto Reverberate. ... I love it. Sure it's expensive, but the ability to double an opponent's maxed out Fireball or something with this and chuck it back at 'em? Well worth it.
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Except that when you copy an X-cost card, you have to plug more X cost into the copy.
The mana you tapped land for gets all eaten up by the first fireball, so you can't reuse that mana for the copy. Better to use on a lightning bolt, but that's so costly you probably might as well cycle resounding thunder.
706.9. To copy a spell or activated ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; a copy of a spell isn't cast and a copy of an activated ability isn't activated. A copy of a spell or ability copies both the characteristics of the spell or ability and all decisions made for it, including modes, targets, the value of X, and additional or alternative costs. (See rule 601, "Casting Spells.") Choices that are normally made on resolution are not copied. If an effect of the copy refers to objects used to pay its costs, it uses the objects used to pay the costs of the original spell or ability.
Sadly, this doesn't work as well as you think. Cruel Ultimatum says "target opponent", so you don't get to change the target of the original spell (unless you're in a multiplayer game). However, your copy can target the opponent.
and yes, banefire + this is painful and evil, you will burn in a banefire for thinking that combo as I swerve and twincast it back into you
Any help in appreciated.
Thanks.
It says you may choose new targets, you dont even have to change. Plus, you can pick the same guy twice.
Devin Low, Head Developer of Magic.
So one day, this card can be available in red, blue, hybrid and gold. That would be great. It's a great card, and I'd love to see it in blue, either mono-blue or hybrid. And gold if it's at 3 CMC, but that may be a tad overpowered.
Example:
If you cast Wild Ricochet targeting your opponent's Demonic Tutor, you'd end up getting a copy of Demonic Tutor for yourself. Your opponent still searches his/her own library with their own Tutor, because you can't change which player the Tutor affects. Basically, you just cast an expensive Reverberate on your opponent's Tutor.
If, however, you cast Wild Ricochet targeting a tutor that targets a player (i.e. "target player searches..."), then you would be able to tutor for both spells. Sadly, as of this post, no such tutor exists right now - if you search the rules text "target player searches", you end up with Fertilid... -.-
You can still use this on Bitter Ordeal and Lobotomy with great effect though :)
"Time stretch myself!"
"Wild richocet, I'll be playing solitaire for the next 5 turns..."
player1:okay i sacrifice my 12 4/4s for soulblast on player 2.
player2: good game... why arent you guys paking up yet, oh thats right i havent done this yet, i plaay wild ricohay kill player 1, and sacrifice my 5 7/7s to take care of player 3.
player 3 and player 1: WHATT!!!!!
I like your thinking with Lobotomy and Bitter Ordeal, but there are drawbacks to those. Most importantly, the controller of the spell still does the searching, so for the original copy of it they pick what gets ditched, if anything - at best there'll be no/little effect and at worst you're giving them a partial Selective Memory. Hitting Bitter Ordeal with this would only get you one shot of it and any gravestormed copies played on you would still go through.
That being said, imagine playing this on a kicked Sadistic Sacrament...
@18scsc: You wouldn't sac your own creatures to a copy of Soulblast because sacking them is part of the cost to cast the spell and you're not casting the copy. You would, however, be able to do the original spell's damage to player 3 with the copy.
Sure, this card will work with banefire... But Fork and now the new Radiate as well as old school Twincast make that combo work the same way. Now, if someone tried to Banefire YOU for 10, that's when this card gets nasty.
think of "countering" a unmake and removing 2 targets with it
...
I love it. Sure it's expensive, but the ability to double an opponent's maxed out Fireball or something with this and chuck it back at 'em? Well worth it.