<p><strong>No, copies of a spell do not trigger Compost because they are not cards.</strong></p>
<p>Copies of spells (and tokens) do go to the graveyard and can trigger all applicable abilities by doing that. They cease to exist the next time state-based actions are checked, but them changing zones is still a game event that happens.</p>
<p>However, Compost does not apply because Compost only triggers on black <em>cards</em> going to the graveyard. Copies of a spell are not cards, they're only objects without a card representing them.</p>
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<p>706.10. To copy a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; [..] A copy of a spell is itself a spell, <strong>even though it has no spell card associated with it.</strong> [..]</p>
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<p>What happens with copies of <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Plumb%20the%20Forbidden">Plumb the Forbidden</a> and <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Compost">Compost</a>? Do the copies count as cards that hit the graveyard?</p>

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# Compost and Plumb the Forbidden

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-05)

What happens with copies of [Plumb the Forbidden](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Plumb%20the%20Forbidden) and [Compost](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Compost)? Do the copies count as cards that hit the graveyard?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-05. Score: 6

**No, copies of a spell do not trigger Compost because they are not cards.**

Copies of spells (and tokens) do go to the graveyard and can trigger all applicable abilities by doing that. They cease to exist the next time state-based actions are checked, but them changing zones is still a game event that happens.

However, Compost does not apply because Compost only triggers on black *cards* going to the graveyard. Copies of a spell are not cards, they're only objects without a card representing them.

> 706.10. To copy a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; [..] A copy of a spell is itself a spell, **even though it has no spell card associated with it.** [..]


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