Editing Sorcery

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'''Sorceries''', like [[instant]]s, represent [[One-Shot Effects|one-shot]] or short-term magical spells.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/it’s-about-time-2006-05-15|It’s About Time|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 15, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/turning-sorcery-knob-2004-04-23|Turning the Sorcery Knob|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|April 23, 2004}}</ref> 

==Description==
Sorceries are never put onto [[battlefield]]; instead, they take effect when their mana cost is paid and the spell resolves, and then are immediately put into its owner's graveyard. Sorceries share the timing restrictions as all permanent spell types, that is, only be during the player's main phase, and only when nothing else is on the [[stack]].<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/slow-and-steady-2004-04-19|Slow and Steady|[[Mark Rosewater]]|April 19, 2004}}</ref> Instants are similar in this regard, differing only in when they can be cast.<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/instants-and-sorceries-2003-06-27|Instants and Sorceries|[[Randy Buehler]]|June 27, 2003}}</ref> From this, sorceries and instants are grouped, colloquially (but confusingly) as "spells".

==Rules==
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===Subtypes===
The [[subtype]] for sorceries is called [[spell type]] and shared with [[instant]]s.

==Legendary sorceries==
''[[Dominaria]]'' debuted [[legendary]] sorcery cards that capture extraordinary moments from characters' pasts. These powerful spells can be unleashed only with the assistance of a legendary creature or planeswalker on your side of the [[battlefield]].<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/dominaria-mechanics-2018-03-21|''Dominaria'' Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|March 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Release Notes">[http://media.wizards.com/2018/downloads/DOM_Release_Notes/EN_MTGDOM_ReleaseNotes.docx ''Dominaria'' Release Notes]</ref>

You can't cast legendary sorceries unless you control a legendary creature or a legendary planeswalker. Once you begin to cast a legendary sorcery, losing control of your legendary creatures and planeswalkers won't affect that spell. Other than the casting restriction, the legendary supertype on a sorcery carries no additional rules.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/171732274783/why-introduce-legendary-sorceries-if-they|title=Why introduce legendary sorceries if they fundamentally can never work the same way as legendary permanents?|March 10, 2018}}</ref> You may cast any number of legendary sorceries in a turn, and your deck may contain any number of legendary cards (but no more than four of any with the same name).

While ''Dominaria'' overall was very popular, legendary sorceries were one of the least liked elements of the set. That makes their return less likely.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/612758179659530240/can-i-get-a-maybe-on-legendary-sorceries-coming|title=Can I get a maybe on Legendary sorceries coming back on any of the 2020 Commander products?|March 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Sorcery tokens==
Sorcery tokens were featured in the ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' set, where the  [[test card]] <c>Time Sidewalk</c> lets you [[create]] four <c>Time Walk</c> tokens. That set also featured '''Gunk''', a colorless sorcery card with no mana cost that has cycling {{4}}. In only appears as tokens created by <c>Gunk Slug</c>

==Friendly to sorceries==
[[Blue]] and [[red]] are the two colors that most appreciate instants and sorceries and reward the player for playing them.<ref name="Color Pie 2017">{{DailyRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2017-2017-06-05|Mechanical Color Pie 2017|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 5, 2017}}</ref>

==Sorcery speed==
The informal term "sorcery speed" means "whenever you would be able to cast a sorcery". This is spelled out as "when the stack is empty on your main phase". Abilities with such limitations used to phrase it as "only any time you could cast a sorcery" of which reminder text sometimes truncated it this to "{keyword} only as a sorcery". Starting with ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'', the card text was shortened to "activate only as a sorcery."<ref>{{DailyRef|news/comprehensive-rules-changes-2021-04-20|Comprehensive Rules Changes|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 20, 2021}}</ref> 

For example: [[Equip]] can only be performed at sorcery speed.

The opposite of sorcery speed is [[instant speed]].

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