Whiplash Wordsmith // Vicious Verse

Card text

This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

As long as an opponent was dealt noncombat damage this turn, this creature has flying and haste.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.09 (as of 2026-10-23).

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Format legality

Legality of Whiplash Wordsmith // Vicious Verse by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Whiplash Wordsmith // Vicious Verse, newest first.

• 2026-08-21 While copies of spells in zones other than the stack cease to exist when state-based actions are checked, this does not apply to copies of prepare spells in exile that were created as a creature became prepared.
• 2026-08-21 If a prepare spell with one or more targets has no legal targets when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Since the spell was cast, the associated permanent will still not be prepared.
• 2026-08-21 Only the current controller of a prepared creature can cast the copy of its prepare spell in exile. It doesn't matter who owns that creature or who controlled it when it became prepared.
• 2026-08-21 Preparation cards can be cast only with their base characteristics.
• 2026-08-21 Creating a copy of a creature's prepare spell in exile ignores copy exceptions applied to that creature that would affect the copiable values of that spell. For example, say a player casts Croaking Counterpart (a sorcery that says "Create a token that's a copy of target non-Frog creature, except it's a 1/1 green Frog") targeting Diviner of Victory. The token copy of Diviner of Victory will enter prepared as a 1/1 green Frog creature, but the copy of Unwind History in exile will still be a blue sorcery. The copy of Unwind History won't be green, a creature, or a Frog, and it won't have power or toughness.
• 2026-08-21 If a prepared creature loses all abilities, it won't stop being prepared, and nothing will happen to its alternative characteristics or to the copy of its prepare spell in exile.
• 2026-08-21 Casting a copy of a prepare spell from exile isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to a copy of a prepare spell cast from exile.
• 2026-08-21 A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.

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