The Grand Tour

Instant

Exile target permanent, then put it into its owner's hand. That player discards that card, then puts it on top of their library. Then they put it onto the battlefield.

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Test Card - Not for constructed play.

(To figure out the best method of playing with the playtest cards with the present rules set, please take a look at the release notes for that card, here.)

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
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (1)

Yesterday on Can tokens or card copies …

2 years ago

TLDR - Why doesn't The Grand Tour work on tokens?

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I'm aware this is really long-winded, sorry, I'm really tired and have been drinking a lot of coffee.

So, I just discovered that casting Mizzix's Mastery does in fact trigger Prosper, Tome-Bound's Pact Boon ability, as the copies of the exiled cards are also created in exile.

706.12 An effect that instructs a player to cast a copy of an object (and not just copy a spell) follows the rules for casting spells, except that the copy is created in the same zone the object is in and then cast while another spell or ability is resolving. Casting a copy of an object follows steps 601.2a–h of rule 601, “Casting Spells,” and then the copy becomes cast. Once cast, the copy is a spell on the stack, and just like any other spell it can resolve or be countered.

I had incorrectly assumed that the card copies wouldn't be created in exile because card copies in exile cease existing as soon as State-Based Actions are checked. But SBAs aren't checked in the middle of the resolution of a spell, so there's no contradiction.

Also, tokens do go to the graveyard before they cease to exist, otherwise they wouldn't trigger death triggers.

So... tokens and card copies can exist in zones other than the battlefield and the stack, as long as SBAs haven't yet been checked, right?

So, an enchantment with the text "Whenever a creature token you control dies, return it to the battlefield under you control" wouldn't work because the token would cease to exist by the time the triggered ability would resolve.

However, and enchantment with the text "If a creature token you control would die; instead it dies, then return it to the battlefield under your control," however stupidly worded, would work, right?

If not, why? And do the rules for tokens and card copies differ in this regard?

The Grand Tour's gatherer notes specify that "If the target permanent is a token, it stops at exile. It doesn’t move to any of the other zones or return to the battlefield. It does not pass Go. It does not collect two hundred mana."

Why? And if, for some god-forsaken reason, a similar card with the text "Exile target spell on the stack that's a card copy, then put it into its owner's hand. That player discards that card, then puts it on top of their library. Then they put it onto the stack. You may choose new targets for the spell" existed, would that work?

thx