Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain

Soundwave, Sonic Spy

one generic mana one white mana one blue mana one black mana Legendary Artifact Creature — RobotPower and toughness5/4

More Than Meets the Eye two generic mana one white mana one blue mana one black mana (You may cast this card converted for .)

Whenever one or more creature tokens you control deal combat damage to a player, exile target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the damage dealt from their graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you do, convert Soundwave.

Soundwave, Superior Captain

Legendary Artifact

Whenever you cast a spell with an odd mana value, convert Soundwave. If you do, create Ravage, a legendary 3/3 black Robot artifact creature token with menace and deathtouch.

Whenever you cast a spell with an even mana value, convert Soundwave. If you do, create Laserbeak, a legendary 2/2 blue Robot artifact creature token with flying and hexproof.

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Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain rulings

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Soundwave, Sonic Spy's triggered ability can target only an instant or sorcery card with mana value exactly equal to the amount of damage dealt to the player by creature tokens you control.
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If you don't cast the copy, it ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked. The exiled card stays exiled whether you cast the copy or not.
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If a spell you cast without paying its mana cost has an in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.
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For Soundwave, Superior Captain's abilities, if a spell you are casting has an in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X to determine its total mana value.
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Zero is even.
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The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.
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The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.
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Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.
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Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.
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Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."
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"More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.
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The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.
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When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.
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To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
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A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.
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If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain keyword rules

Convert Rule 701.50

To convert a permanent, turn it so that its other face is up. This follows rules –f, –10, and . Those rules apply to converting a permanent just as they apply to transforming a permanent.

Although converting a permanent uses the same physical action as turning a permanent face up or face down, they are different game actions. Abilities that trigger when a permanent is turned face down won’t trigger when that permanent converts, and so on.

If a spell or ability instructs a player to convert a permanent that isn’t represented by a transforming token or a transforming double-faced card, nothing happens.

If a spell or ability instructs a player to convert a permanent, and the face that permanent would convert into is represented by an instant or sorcery card face, or is a transforming token that was created with an instant or sorcery face, nothing happens.

If an activated or triggered ability of a permanent that isn’t a delayed triggered ability of that permanent tries to convert it, the permanent does so only if it hasn’t converted or transformed since the ability was put onto the stack. If a delayed triggered ability of a permanent tries to convert that permanent, the permanent does so only if it hasn’t converted or transformed since that delayed triggered ability was created. In both cases, if the permanent has already transformed or converted, an instruction to do either is ignored.

If a spell or ability states that a permanent can’t transform, that permanent also can’t convert.

More Than Meets the Eye Rule 702.162

More Than Meets the Eye represents a static ability that functions in any zone from which the spell may be cast. “More Than Meets the Eye [cost]” means “You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost.” Casting a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs (see and –h). See rule , “Convert.”