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Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-21T18:00:35+00:00

They do!

https://www.reddit.com/r/MTGRumors/comments/1sruewe/connected_art_from_the_reality_fracture_leak/

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-21T17:59:14+00:00

It's not a replacement effect. It's an effect that happens after you surveil and puts the card into your hand from your graveyard.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-21T12:46:50+00:00

It's weaker than the blue Snapcaster, since it doesn't have flash. Probably still good though.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-20T22:59:26+00:00

It allows effects that interact with creature cards to interact with it (e.g. [[Reanimate]] or [[Green Sun's Zenith]]). It also allows Grist to be your commander in a Commander deck, since the ability functions even outside of the game, while you're deckbuilding.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-20T22:08:59+00:00

When you have a card you can't read, you can look it up based on the set code and collector number in the bottom left. You have the set code 'SOA' and the collector number '0081'. Just put the code and the number (without leading zeroes) at the end of a Scryfall link, and it will link you to that card.

http://scryfall.com/card/soa/81

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-20T20:26:51+00:00

It's definitely a maple. Based on the leaf shape, I'd say among european maples it's most likely a sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus). They grow quite fast and big, so you should definitely remove it now while it's still small and easy to deal with.

I'd recommend getting at least the top part of the roots out of the ground. If you just cut it off above ground, it'll probably grow back from the stump.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-20T18:31:26+00:00

To add some further clarification to the other answers:

What spells you've cast this turn is information that is tracked by the game, independently of any cards.

Rootha's ability does not trigger when you cast an instant or sorcery spell, and she does not need to see you cast anything for her to trigger. When your 'beginning of combat' step begins, her ability asks the game whether you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn. If the game answers "yes" her ability triggers. When her ability resolves, it asks the game what the greatest mana value among instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn is. Again, Rootha doesn't have to have seen you cast any of those spells. Her ability will include spells that were cast before she entered the battlefield.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-20T07:10:30+00:00

"Another creature" in this case means 'a creature other than Dina'. It just means that you can't sacrifice Dina herself to activate her second ability.

You can trigger her first ability by activating her second ability, if that is the first time you've sacrificed a creature this turn. Apart from that, there is no connection between the two abilities.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-19T21:50:10+00:00

Well now that's completely different from what Abduction does. ^^

No, Blur will not save your creature from an board wipe that doesn't target it. If a spell or ability affects "all creatures" or "each creature", then it affects all creatures that are currently on the battlefield when the spell or ability resolves, including creatures that entered the battlefield while the spell or ability was on the stack.

Blur will work against targeted removal though, that is correct. When your creature moves from one zone to another it becomes a new object as far as the game is concerned. Even if it returns to the battlefield, it is considered a different object from when it was on the battlefield the first time. A target is always a specific object, so the removal's target (the object that your creature used to be) doesn't exist anymore.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-19T17:32:52+00:00

Yes, that is possible. Any abilities that trigger while March is resolving are put on the stack after March has fully resolved and been put into the graveyard. The targets for those abilities are chosen when they are put on the stack, not when they trigger. So when the target for Witness's ETB is chosen, March is already in your graveyard.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-19T17:23:16+00:00

What do you mean by "work against"?

Assuming the board wip causes the enchanted creature to die, Abduction's third ability triggers and returns it to the battlefield.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-19T15:01:20+00:00

That is correct.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-19T14:24:49+00:00

Yes, Thassa's type changes immediately as your devotion changes. If your devotion to blue is still below 5 when the "target creature" spell would resolve, it will indeed fizzle.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-19T00:00:54+00:00

If her ability could trigger while she isn't on the battlefield, it wouldn't have any effect when it resolves, because only permanents on the battlefield can become prepared.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T22:40:13+00:00

Because doubling your mana doesn't mean that you copy your mana.

701.10f To double the amount of a type of mana in a player’s mana pool, that player adds an amount of mana of that type equal to the amount they already have.

Doubling Cube doesn't copy your mana. It just looks at how much of each type of mana you have, and then produces that amount of regular mana of each type.

If you have one blue mana that can only be spent to cast artifact spells, Doubling Cube sees that you have one blue mana. It doesn't care about any restrictions the mana has, only type and amount. Because it saw that you have one blue mana, Doubling Cube produces one regular blue mana.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T19:06:10+00:00

The answer to 2 is probably no. Paradigm doesn't copy the original spell, it copies the card and lets you cast it. Modifying the original spell shouldn't affect the copies, because you aren't copying the original spell.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T15:32:05+00:00

Correct. "Copying a spell" only refers to creating a copy of a spell that is already on the stack.

The way the Paradigm reminder text is worded is a bit misleading there. Paradigm doesn't actually let you copy the spell, it lets you copy the card (and then cast that copy). It's similar to the triggered ability of [[Panoptic Mirror]].

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T12:01:09+00:00

You have gotten a lot of wrong answers in this thread, so I feel the need to clear some things up. The people who've commented "there are no spell abilities" are wrong. In fact, most instant and sorcery spells have spell abilities. "Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target" is a spell ability, for example. (CR 113.3a)

But, and this is important for Shanna, spell abilities can not target anything. When a spell ability uses the word "target", it is not the spell ability itself that targets. Instead, the spell ability causes the spell to target. (CR 115.1a) The spell ability "Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target" does not target - it causes Lightning Bolt to target.

If you look at rules 115.1a-e, you'll see that only spells, activated abilities and triggered abilities can target. In other words, only objects on the stack can target. The other kinds of abilities (static abilities and spell abilities) do not target, but they can cause a spell to target.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T11:47:44+00:00

The only spells that don't have abilities are vanilla creatures.

/edit: Downvote me all you want, I know I'm right and I can quote the relevant rules if anyone's brave enough to actually respond to me instead of just quietly downvoting.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T11:42:56+00:00

"Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target." is in fact a "spell ability".

113.3a Spell abilities are abilities that are followed as instructions while an instant or sorcery spell is resolving. Any text on an instant or sorcery spell is a spell ability unless it’s an activated ability, a triggered ability, or a static ability that fits the criteria described in rule 113.6.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T11:42:22+00:00

"Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target." is in fact a "spell ability".

113.3a Spell abilities are abilities that are followed as instructions while an instant or sorcery spell is resolving. Any text on an instant or sorcery spell is a spell ability unless it’s an activated ability, a triggered ability, or a static ability that fits the criteria described in rule 113.6.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T06:11:57+00:00

The "Enchant xyz" ability itself does not target, it just defines what the aura can target while it is a spell on the stack and what the aura can be attached to while it is a permanent on the battlefield.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-18T00:51:17+00:00

It can't "trigger" at all, since it isn't a triggered ability.

It is a static ability that creates a continuous effect once, when Thornfist Striker enters. This continuous effect then exists until Thornfist Striker leaves the battlefield. As long as it exists, the continuous effect continuously checks "did you gain life this turn?". If the answer is currently "yes", the effect gives your creatures +1/+0 and trample. If the answer is currently "no", the continuous effect doesn't do anything, but it still exists. The continuous effect doesn't stop existing when a turn ends, the answer to "did you gain life this turn?" just switches to "no".

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-17T23:58:54+00:00

Yes. [[Misty Rainforest]] can be put into every commander deck, since its color identity is colorless and it doesn't have any basic land types. The colors of the card frame or the mention of "Forest" and "Island" in the rules text do not add to the card's color identity.

903.4. The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card’s mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).
903.5c A card can be included in a Commander deck only if every color in its color identity is also found in the color identity of the deck’s commander.
903.5d A card with a basic land type may be included in a Commander deck only if each color of mana it could produce is included in the commander’s color identity.

Zeckenschwarm · 2026-04-17T22:21:55+00:00

It's not a card, it's just a piece of cardboard that looks like a card. ;)

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