Melek, Izzet Paragon

Card text

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

You may cast instant and sorcery spells from the top of your library.

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your library, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Melek, Izzet Paragon by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Melek, Izzet Paragon

Melek, Izzet Paragon has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Melek, Izzet Paragon, newest first.

• 2013-04-15 If the spell being copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Debt to the Deathless has), the copy has the same value of X.
• 2013-04-15 If the spell being copied is modal (that is, it says “Choose one -” or the like), the copy will have the same mode. You can’t choose a different one.
• 2013-04-15 If the top card of your library changes while you’re casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, the new top card won’t be revealed until you finish doing so.
• 2013-04-15 Instant and sorcery cards with miracle allow a player to cast a card immediately upon drawing it. If you cast a spell this way, you’re casting it from your hand, not your library. Melek’s ability won’t trigger.
• 2013-04-15 Melek doesn’t affect the timing rules associated with when you can cast the card. If it’s a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
• 2013-04-15 Melek’s last ability will copy any instant or sorcery spell you cast from your library, not just one with targets.
• 2013-04-15 The copy will have the same targets as the spell it’s copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can’t choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
• 2013-04-15 The top card of your library isn’t in your hand, so you can’t suspend it, cycle it, discard it, or activate any of its activated abilities.

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