Creative Technique

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Creative Technique: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
241
Artist
Gaboleps
Commander rank
4,851 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Demonstrate

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About Creative Technique

Creative Technique is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 241 in that set, with art by Gaboleps. It costs {4}{R} (four generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.)

Shuffle your library, then reveal cards from the top of it until you reveal a nonland card. Exile that card and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Creative Technique by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Creative Technique

Creative Technique has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90122Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #376Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #49Rare2021

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Creative Technique, newest first.

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