Splice into arcane explained.
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Posted on Dec. 2, 2012, 4:51 p.m. by jcris25
Can someone do this for me please?
It's actually a really cool mechanic and there's nothing else like it in Magic.
December 2, 2012 5:09 p.m.
So if I cast a spell, regular spell or arcane spell, I can reveal a card in my hand that has splice into arcane and add the revealed cards effects onto the current spell I am casting? I need lames terms here not the wotc ruling.
December 2, 2012 5:19 p.m.
You need to cast an Arcane spell in order to Splice something. The reminder text of Splice onto Arcane is "As you play [cast] an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand..."
December 2, 2012 5:23 p.m.
GOTCHA, and it adds the revealed cards evffect onto the arcan spell being cast. Do you get to keep the revealed card?
December 2, 2012 5:27 p.m.
Of course. All you do is reveal it and pay its Splice cost.
That's why Splice can be really good. You get essentially get to play the same spells multiple times.
December 2, 2012 5:43 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #8
First, the card you're splicing must have splice. It doesn't matter if the spell you're casting has splice.
Second, the card you're splicing something onto must be of the appropriate type (if you have a card with "splice onto arcane," you can only splice it when you're casting an arcane spell).
Third, as I mentioned before, the spliced card will stay in your hand. However, you get its effects when the host spell resolves.
December 2, 2012 6:26 p.m.
SwiftDeath says... #9
keep in mind if you slice onto an arcane spell it adds the effect to the cast spell so if they counter that spell then you lose all the splice effects too. but for the same reason when the spell resolves you get the effects from splicing with it and they can't be responded to because they are all on the same spells resolution.
December 2, 2012 7:07 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #10
The cards you splice on stay in your hand the whole time. All you have to do is reveal them and pay the splice cost in addition to whatever you're casting. The only limit to how many splices you can do is how many you can pay for.
There's a deck I've had for a long time that makes good use of the mechanic, if you want to see an example: Spirits and Arcane
December 2, 2012 10:08 p.m.
Hey now slice seems useful lol. I didnt know u kept the card in your hand. I was always wondering what the point was. Especially when the splice cost is more than the cards cmc.
Epochalyptik says... #2
702.45a Splice is a static ability that functions while a card is in your hand. "Splice onto [subtype] [cost]" means "You may reveal this card from your hand as you cast a [subtype] spell. If you do, copy this card's text box onto that spell and pay [cost] as an additional cost to cast that spell." Paying a card's splice cost follows the rules for paying additional costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2eg.
702.45b You can't choose to use a splice ability if you can't make the required choices (targets, etc.) for that card's instructions. You can't splice any one card onto the same spell more than once. If you're splicing more than one card onto a spell, reveal them all at once and choose the order in which their instructions will be followed. The instructions on the main spell have to be followed first.
Basically, splice allows you to get more uses out of a card in your hand. Splicing a card onto a spell gives the spell all of the effects of the card in your hand in addition to the original text of the spell, but it keeps the splice card in your hand.
For example, if you cast card:Kodama's Reach, splicing Glacial Ray onto it, when you resolve card:Kodama's Reach, you will do everything on card:Kodama's Reach and also everything on Glacial Ray . However, Glacial Ray will be in your hand.
December 2, 2012 5:02 p.m.