Adaptive Training Post

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Adaptive Training Post: Artifact, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
18
Artist
Ben Maier
Commander rank
8,495 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Adaptive Training Post

Adaptive Training Post is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue artifact from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 18 in that set, with art by Ben Maier. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if this artifact has fewer than three charge counters on it, put a charge counter on it.

Remove three charge counters from this artifact: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it and you may choose new targets for the copy.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Adaptive Training Post by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Adaptive Training Post

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #58Rare2025

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Adaptive Training Post, newest first.

  • You can’t choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. 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 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 the spell has any targets, the copy will have the same targets unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. The new targets must be legal.
  • The copy created by Adaptive Training Post’s last ability resolves before the spell it’s copying. It resolves even if the original spell is countered before the copy is created.
  • If the spell that’s copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy will have the same value of X.
  • 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 is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won’t trigger.
  • After Adaptive Training Post’s last ability resolves, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast that turn will be copied whether or not it has targets.

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