Replication Technique
Replication Technique: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Demonstrate. Create a token that's a copy of target permanent you control. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 200
- Artist
- Viko Menezes
- Commander rank
- 4,313 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Demonstrate
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About Replication Technique
Replication Technique is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 200 in that set, with art by Viko Menezes. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-04).
Card 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.)
Create a token that's a copy of target permanent you control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-04).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Replication Technique by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Replication Technique
Replication Technique has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #192 | Rare | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90036 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #31 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #358 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Replication 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 copy a spell with demonstrate, you then immediately choose an opponent. If they copy the spell, it goes on top of the stack.
- 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 cast the spell and choose not to copy it, no opponent will get to copy it either.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Replication Technique is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.