Excavation Technique

Excavation Technique

3

Sorcery

Text

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Players may choose new targets for their copies.) Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens.

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Market prices

updated on 06/17/2026
from €0.18
Source Normal Foil
Cardhoarder 2.02 tix
Card Kingdom $0.59
Cardmarket €0.25
CardTrader Buy €0.18
TCGplayer $0.34

Trend · last 90 days · EUR

€0.18
min €0.16 max €0.33

CardTrader market

174 offers · from €0.18 · avg €1.28 · max €102.64

Poor: 1 · Played: 2 · Near Mint: 130 · Slightly Played: 40 · Moderately Played: 1

Rulings (5)

If the spell requires targets, you choose the target of the original spell as you cast it. If you create a copy of the spell, you may choose new targets for the copy as you create that copy. Similarly, the opponent you chose to create a copy may choose new targets for that copy as it’s created. In other words, your opponent will know the targets of your original spell and your copy when choosing the new targets, if any, for their copy.

04/16/2021

This means that if you cast a spell with demonstrate and both you and an opponent copy it, the opponent’s copy will resolve first, then your copy will resolve, and finally the original spell will resolve.

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If you copy a spell with demonstrate, you then immediately choose an opponent. If they copy the spell, it goes on top of the stack.

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You choose whether to make a copy as the demonstrate ability resolves. This happens before the original spell resolves. Your copy goes on the stack above the original spell.

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If you cast the spell and choose not to copy it, no opponent will get to copy it either.

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Legality by format

Brawl Not legal
Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Old School Not legal
Pauper Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Standard Not legal
Vintage Legal
Block Constructed Not legal
Extended Not legal
Frontier Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal