Copying a "Return [cardname] to its owner's hand." sorcery

Asked by siukong 12 years ago

Some spells have a condition that allow it to return to your hand. What happens if you copy such a spell one or more times and one of the copies triggers the return-to-hand condition? Would the card return to your hand? If so, would the original spell still resolve?

Some examples:

-card:Titan's Revenge (triggers on winning a clash)-Cerebral Eruption (triggers on opponent revealing a land - let's assume you're playing a multiplayer game and use the copies to target different opponents)-Unexpected Results (triggers on revealing a land)

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1

When a card uses its own name in its text without also saying "a card named," the phrase is self-referential. "Return ~ to its owner's hand" means "return this object to its owner's hand."

The copy of the spell will return itself to your hand; then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It doesn't affect the original spell.

February 2, 2013 4:56 p.m.

GreatSword says... #2

Whenever a card refers to itself by name, it's referring to that exact card (or token, or copied spell, etc). They don't really care about other cards, even ones with the same name.

So, if you were to Reverberate a Unexpected Results , it would put a copy of the spell on the stack. After the copy resolves, it'll put the copy into your hand, but it'll be exiled as a state-based action. The original Unexpected Results will resolve as normal.

February 2, 2013 4:58 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

@Greatsword : A technical nitpick: the copy won't be exiled; it will simply cease to exist.

February 2, 2013 5 p.m.