I have looked up rulings for Gadwick and something I don't feel was ever covered, or at least not easily found, was how a token copy is treated.
I assume that once Gadwick is in play that means it is no longer on the stack and X doesn't mean anything... HOWEVER, I have read that Panharmonicon and Naban do allow you to draw X, as X is a set value. So, when does it stop being a set value? Essentially, if I pay 1 for Inalla's trigger, does the copy come in with that set X value, or will that copy set X to zero?
I am trying to help my wife with her Inalla deck and we want to keep it a fun Wizard tribal deck that tries to win through value more than a cutthroat combo deck.
Turn 3 Urza's Incubator into turn 4 Gadwick where X=2 and that cost is reduced by Urza's Incubator, then should the 4th Mana be spent to make a token and draw 4 cards... or do you draw zero and should have set X=3?
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Check the Gadwick rulings : "If Gadwick enters the battlefield without being cast, or if it was cast for a cost other than its mana cost, the value of X for its first ability is 0. (2019-10-04)"
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"Whatever style you wish to play, be it fast and frenzied or slow and tactical, the surest way to defeat your opponent consistently is by dominating him or her in the war of card advantage." - Brian Wiseman, April 1996
To expand a bit: X is only a copiable value for an object on the stack (706.2). Panharmonicon and Naban work because they are copying an effect on the stack, not Gadwick himself.
When Gadwick enters the battlefield, he puts a triggered effect on the stack: "Draw X cards." Once created, that effect keeps track of its own value of X and doesn't rely on Gadwick to remember what X was. And since it's on the stack, X is copiable. Copy the triggered effect and you get double draw. That's what Panharmonicon and Naban do.
I believe you can also get double draw if you find a way to copy Gadwick while he's on the stack. For example, if you put [[Reflections of Littjara]] out naming wizards, and then cast Gadwick, Reflections copies the creature spell while it's on the stack. The copy includes the value of X, and you'll draw X cards.
But once Gadwick hits the battlefield, he's not on the stack and X is no longer copiable.
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Gadwick, the Wizened
I have looked up rulings for Gadwick and something I don't feel was ever covered, or at least not easily found, was how a token copy is treated.
I assume that once Gadwick is in play that means it is no longer on the stack and X doesn't mean anything... HOWEVER, I have read that Panharmonicon and Naban do allow you to draw X, as X is a set value. So, when does it stop being a set value? Essentially, if I pay 1 for Inalla's trigger, does the copy come in with that set X value, or will that copy set X to zero?
I am trying to help my wife with her Inalla deck and we want to keep it a fun Wizard tribal deck that tries to win through value more than a cutthroat combo deck.
Turn 3 Urza's Incubator into turn 4 Gadwick where X=2 and that cost is reduced by Urza's Incubator, then should the 4th Mana be spent to make a token and draw 4 cards... or do you draw zero and should have set X=3?
A token would enter without being cast
When Gadwick enters the battlefield, he puts a triggered effect on the stack: "Draw X cards." Once created, that effect keeps track of its own value of X and doesn't rely on Gadwick to remember what X was. And since it's on the stack, X is copiable. Copy the triggered effect and you get double draw. That's what Panharmonicon and Naban do.
I believe you can also get double draw if you find a way to copy Gadwick while he's on the stack. For example, if you put [[Reflections of Littjara]] out naming wizards, and then cast Gadwick, Reflections copies the creature spell while it's on the stack. The copy includes the value of X, and you'll draw X cards.
But once Gadwick hits the battlefield, he's not on the stack and X is no longer copiable.