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Reiterate

$18.22

Thousand-Year Storm

$0.87

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Reiterate + Thousand-Year Storm

Overview

Cast Reiterate, announcing whether you pay its Buyback cost as part of casting it . Thousand-Year Storm will trigger when you cast that Reiterate and put triggered abilities on the stack to create a copy of the Reiterate spell for each other instant or sorcery you cast earlier this turn (Storm-like text on Thousand-Year Storm). Those objects are copies of the Reiterate spell and therefore are spells on the stack . Copies copy the decisions made when the original was cast, including that you paid the additional buyback cost . However, copies are not cards, so when those copies leave the stack they cease to exist rather than becoming cards in a zone . The original Reiterate (the card you actually cast) will resolve and, because you paid Buyback when casting it, its buyback replacement will put that card into its owner’s hand as it resolves instead of into the graveyard .

Step 1

You announce casting Reiterate and move the Reiterate card onto the stack; as part of casting it you announce whether you will pay Buyback (this is an additional cost that must be announced and paid during casting) [601.2; 702.26].

Step 2

Once the casting steps (601.2a–g) are complete and the spell is cast, Thousand-Year Storm sees the spell was cast and triggers, creating one triggered ability for the Reiterate you just cast that will copy it for each other instant or sorcery you cast earlier this turn (the triggered ability is created at this time) .

Step 3

When those Thousand-Year Storm triggers resolve they put copies of the Reiterate spell onto the stack. Those objects are copies of the original Reiterate and are spells on the stack but were not cast (they were created by a copy effect) .

Step 4

Each copy of Reiterate on the stack has the characteristics of the original, including the information that you paid Buyback when casting the original (because copies copy the decisions made for the original) .

Step 5

Each copy of Reiterate resolves while still on the stack, performing Reiterate’s effect (copying the targeted instant or sorcery). Each copy can have new targets chosen for it as appropriate (Thousand-Year Storm and Reiterate allow choosing new targets for the copies) .

Step 6

After a copy resolves and would move to another zone, it ceases to exist because copies are not cards and cannot exist outside the stack .

Step 7

After the copies resolve, the original Reiterate eventually resolves; because you paid Buyback when casting it, its buyback replacement effect applies and the actual Reiterate card is put into its owner’s hand instead of into the graveyard as it resolves .

Resolution

When you cast Reiterate and pay Buyback (you must announce paying it while casting the spell) [601.2; 702.26], Thousand-Year Storm’s triggered ability will create that many copies of the Reiterate spell and put them onto the stack; those copies are spells on the stack and carry the decisions made for the original (including that Buyback was paid) . Each copy can copy the targeted instant or sorcery (and you may choose new targets for those copies per Thousand-Year Storm and Reiterate), but the copy itself is not a card and will cease to exist if it would move to a zone other than the stack . Only the actual Reiterate card you cast can be returned to your hand by Buyback when it resolves; the copies will not become cards in your hand or graveyard [702.26; 706.10a].

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