Card

Zaffai, Thunder Conductor

Mana cost {2}{U}{R}

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman 1/4

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1. If that spell's mana value is 5 or greater, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token. If that spell's mana value is 10 or greater, Zaffai deals 10 damage to an opponent chosen at random.

Part of 10 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 8 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · C21 · #4
Cheapest printing
€3.92
EDHREC salt
0.43
Color identity
Red, Blue
Keywords
Magecraft, Scry

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Chain of Smog, Chain of Acid
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Chain of Smog, Chain of Acid
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with Chain of Smog, Chain of Acid (none of them early)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

10 known combos, 2 of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    "That spell's mana value" refers to the spell that caused the ability to trigger, not the card you look at when you scry.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    If the instant or sorcery spell has {X} in its mana cost, X is the value chosen for X as the spell was cast.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
  • 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    The wrong card name was inadvertently included in Zaffai's printed rules text. The text above is correct and the full name of the card is Zaffai, Thunder Conductor.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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