Can Madness Be triggered after a spell with madness has been interrupted?

Asked by RKPalmer 7 years ago

For example if you cast: Alms of the Vein, for its CMC 2B, and someone counters it ... as it is canceled, could you then recast it on its Madness cost of B to follow through.

Cancel interrupts your spell and it goes to the graveyard..

or

Cancel interrupts your spell and it becomes discarded..

Thanks peeps.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

You can use double square brackets around a card's name to link it. It's the easiest way to make sure everyone reading your question knows what's going on: Alms of the Vein, Cancel

No, the Madness ability on a spell won't trigger when it gets countered. "Discard" is only caused by rules or effects that specifically tell a player to "discard" something, and a card can only be "discarded" from a player's hand. When a spell gets countered it's just moved from the stack to the graveyard and none of its effects happen. Madness won't trigger.

February 27, 2017 4:27 p.m.