Flame Jet

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Legality

Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Planechase Legal
Premodern Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Flame Jet

Sorcery

Flame Jet deals 3 damage to target player.

Cycling (2) ((2), Discard this card: Draw a card.)

nobu_the_bard on What exactly counts as an …

7 years ago

Only abilities that use the stack can be countered; this would be activated abilities such as Prodigal Pyromancer or triggered abilities such as Emrakul, the Promised End's second ability. This includes some things perhaps not obviously abilities, like Flame Jet's Cycling (an activated ability), either ability on Treasury Thrull (both triggered abilities) and Ovalchase Dragster's Crew (another activated ability).

Static abilities such as Shivan Dragon's flying (which only modifies blocking decisions), Glistener Elf's infect (which modifies damage), Thought Vessel's hand size modifier do not use the stack, so they cannot be countered.

Mountain and other mana source abilities are a special case. They are activated abilities, but they do not use the stack. They resolve immediately upon being activated. You'll never have an opportunity to counter them, so they cannot be countered. Some other actions are similar, such as land plays (doesn't use the stack) or activating Morph (also doesn't use the stack, though the card may have a triggered ability that does relating to its Morph).

jhmarshall88 on

8 years ago

I really like this idea. I'd probably switch Lava Axe for a spell a little less powerful like Lightning Strike or Flame Jet (if you only want to target a player), just because 5 damage seems like a little too much for 10 starting life.

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