The Battlefield

Pyromancer's Goggles

$0.62

Return the Favor

$2.75

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Pyromancer's Goggles + Return the Favor

Overview

If you tap Pyromancer's Goggles for {R}

and use that exact mana to help cast Return the Favor (a red instant), Goggles' triggered ability will trigger and, when it resolves, put a copy of the Return the Favor spell onto the stack. The copy is a copy of the spell as it was cast (including the spree choices and targets) unless you choose new targets for the copy when Goggles' ability resolves . Both the original Return the Favor and the Goggles-created copy are independent spells on the stack and will resolve separately, each performing the spree effects chosen for that spell . Rulings clarify that any red instant or sorcery spell you spent the mana on will be copied by the Goggles trigger (not just ones that require targets) and that the mana value of a spree spell is determined only by its printed mana cost [Ruling 2024-11-08] [Ruling 2024-04-12].

Step 1

You announce casting Return the Favor and choose its spree additional-cost options and any targets as part of casting the spell .

Step 2

As part of paying the casting cost you spend the red mana that was produced by tapping Pyromancer's Goggles; that event (spending that mana to cast a red instant) is what causes Goggles’ triggered ability to trigger .

Step 3

The Goggles triggered ability goes on the stack. When that triggered ability resolves it creates a copy of the Return the Favor spell that was cast; because it’s a copy, it copies the spell’s characteristics and the decisions made during casting (including the spree options and targets), but the Goggles-ability lets you choose new targets for that copy as it’s put onto the stack .

Step 4

At this point the original Return the Favor spell (the one you cast) and the Goggles-created copy are separate spells on the stack. The controller of the copy can leave its targets as they were or choose new legal targets for the copy when the Goggles trigger resolves .

Step 5

Each of those Return the Favor spells will later resolve (in whichever order they are on the stack). When a Return the Favor resolves it performs the spree effects chosen for that spell (for example, copying the targeted instant or sorcery spell or changing a target), and it may put further copies of other spells or abilities onto the stack per its text .

Step 6

All copies created by these effects exist only on the stack; if a copy ever would be in another zone it ceases to exist .

Resolution

When you spend Pyromancer's Goggles' red mana to cast Return the Favor, Pyromancer's Goggles' triggered ability triggers and will copy Return the Favor when that trigger resolves. The copy is a copy of the Return the Favor spell as it was cast (it copies the chosen spree additional-cost options and the targets chosen at casting) but you may choose new targets for the Goggles-created copy as it is created . The original Return the Favor and the Goggles copy are separate spells on the stack and each will resolve separately, each performing its chosen spree effects. See the official rulings: Any red instant or sorcery you spent the mana on will be copied [Ruling 2024-11-08], and spree’s mana value is only its printed mana cost [Ruling 2024-04-12].

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