Historical Rules · 1 February 2010
Rule 702.47a
Official source text from the 1 February 2010 Rules release
Epic represents both a spell ability and a delayed triggered ability. "Epic" means "For the rest of the game, you can't cast spells," and "At the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, copy this spell except for its epic ability. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy." See rule 706.9.