Are spells cast as a result of Spellshift cast from that player's library?

Asked by Yesterday 7 years ago

That is to say, if an opponent has a Melek, Izzet Paragon on the battlefield and you use Spellshift to counter a spell controlled by that opponent, do they cast the newly revealed spell straight from their library and therefore get a copy of the spell?

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

Yes. Casting a spell from a library means that it was in the library and then got moved to the stack to be cast, with no other zone in between. Spellshift causes cards to be revealed in the library until an appropriate one is found and then casts it, so it would trigger Melek, Izzet Paragon. The similiar situation of cascade spells (like Bloodbraid Elf) doesn't trigger Melek because cascade exiles cards until it finds an approrpiate one, then casts that one from exile instead of the library.

April 8, 2017 5:47 p.m.