Mystic Remora Errata?
Asked by Temporal_Inept 5 years ago
The text for Mystic Remora says "successfully casts a non-creature spell" however, on the Gatherer website, the oracle for Mystic Remora says "Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays 4."
Has there been an errata? That's a big difference if I can counter opponent's spells and still get a draw from the Remora.
Temporal_Inept says... #2
Well crap, I guess I've been playing with no integrity people. Whenever, I've countered a spell, I didn't draw.
April 30, 2018 11:08 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3
So you know: the "successfully cast" wording is left over from an older version of the rules with a different detailed process for playing, responding to, and resolving spells and abilities. Mystic Remora used to work the way you thought it did, but the big 6th Edition rules update (early 1999) introduced the present-day "stack" system. One of the results was getting rid of the "successfully cast" distinction from the cards that mentioned it, as you can see in Mystic Remora's current Oracle text.
SliverKing90 says... #1
as far as i'm aware, "successfully casts" has never meant "resolves". it just means the spell made it onto the stack. not "off" of the stack. because thats all "casting" does. put the spell "on" the stack.
April 30, 2018 11 a.m.