Echoes of Eternity + Glaring Fleshraker + Ulalek, Fused Atrocity

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Overview

When you cast a colorless Eldrazi spell with Echoes of Eternity, Glaring Fleshraker, and Ulalek, Fused Atrocity under your control: Glaring Fleshraker’s “Whenever you cast a colorless spell…” trigger is created twice due to Echoes, Echoes itself creates a copy of the spell, and Ulalek’s trigger is created. If Ulalek’s trigger later resolves and you pay , it copies all spells you control (including any copies on the stack) and then copies all other activated and triggered abilities you control, putting those copies onto the stack as separate spells/abilities [601.2h] [706.10] [706.10b].

The StackRules & CitationsDetails & Edge Cases

Step 1

You announce and cast the colorless Eldrazi spell; when the spell is cast, triggered abilities that trigger "when you cast a colorless spell" and "when you cast an Eldrazi spell" are put in the queue as simultaneous triggers [601.2h].

Step 2

Glaring Fleshraker’s "Whenever you cast a colorless spell, create a 0/1 Spawn" trigger is created. Because Echoes of Eternity says "If a triggered ability of ... another colorless permanent you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time," that Glaring trigger is created an additional time (so you have two Glaring create-Spawn triggers) (Echoes oracle text).

Step 3

Echoes of Eternity’s own triggered ability "Whenever you cast a colorless spell, copy it" also triggers, creating a trigger that will put a copy of the spell onto the stack when it resolves (Echoes oracle text; copying a spell puts a copy onto the stack) [706.10].

Step 4

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity’s trigger "Whenever you cast an Eldrazi spell..." also triggers; all these triggers (two Glaring, one Echoes copy, one Ulalek) are waiting and you, as their controller, choose the order they’re put onto the stack (active-player trigger ordering) [601.2h].

Step 5

When a Glaring create-Spawn trigger resolves it creates a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn token. That token entering the battlefield causes Glaring’s "Whenever another colorless creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent" trigger. Because that trigger was caused by a colorless permanent (Glaring), Echoes makes that triggered ability trigger an additional time when it triggers (Echoes oracle text).

Step 6

When Ulalek’s trigger later resolves (if you choose to pay ), you copy all spells you control at that moment, putting copies of those spells onto the stack, and then copy all other activated and triggered abilities you control, putting copies of those abilities onto the stack as separate abilities [706.10]; each copied ability has the same source as the original [706.10b].

Step 7

Copies of spells created by Ulalek include copies of any existing spell copies (for example, the copy Echoes created), because a copy of a spell is itself a spell on the stack and is eligible to be copied [706.10].

Step 8

Copies of abilities created by Ulalek are placed onto the stack; they are independent abilities that will resolve like the originals and have the same source as the originals, so effects that look at the source will see the original source object [706.10b].

Resolution

Practical result: casting a colorless Eldrazi spell produces two Glaring Fleshraker "create a 0/1 Spawn" triggers (Echoes doubles that triggered ability), one Echoes spell-copy trigger, and one Ulalek trigger. Each Spawn that enters can cause Glaring’s “Whenever another colorless creature you control enters…” trigger, and Echoes will double those enter-the-battlefield triggers when they trigger. If you let Ulalek’s trigger resolve and you pay , it will copy every spell you currently control (including Echoes’ copy), creating additional spell copies on the stack, and then copy every other activated/triggered ability you control (creating additional ability copies on the stack) — those ability copies keep the same source as the originals [706.10] [706.10b]. You can’t pay alternative/additional costs for copies of spells created by copy effects [2024-06-07].