---
name: "Fork"
mana_cost: "{R}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "ME4"
set_name: "Masters Edition IV"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Amy Weber"
oracle_id: "50c53ae0-51ba-4046-ac74-87c65e688032"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fork-me4"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fork
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Copy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flare of Duplication](/printing/flare-of-duplication-mh3.md) — Instant
2. [Reverberate](/printing/reverberate-m13.md) — Instant
3. [Doublecast](/printing/doublecast-jmp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Force of Rowan](/printing/force-of-rowan-unk.md) — Instant
5. [Display of Power](/printing/display-of-power-ltr.md) — Instant
6. [Teach by Example](/printing/teach-by-example-fdn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition IV (ME4) #116
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Amy Weber

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* If you copy a spell for which Buyback has been paid, you get nothing back since the copied spell does not have a card to give you.
- *(2004-10-04)* You need not (and may not) pay any additional mana or other costs (like sacrifices) to use the spell which is Forked. You get control over a complete copy but can change nothing except the targets.
- *(2004-10-04)* It does copy the mana symbols in the mana cost for the card it is copying, but it uses its own color definition and not the one from those mana symbols. This is so it maintains its color just like the text says.
- *(2004-10-04)* The copy that is placed on the stack is not considered to have been "cast".
- *(2004-10-04)* For spells that can have a variable number of targets, the controller of the copy must use the same number of targets the original spell did.
- *(2004-10-04)* Forking a spell with an X in the cost requires you to use the same X value.