Copying Erratic Explosion - do I reveal only once or reveal twice?
Asked by SphericEl 3 years ago
Mischievous Quanar and Erratic Explosion from Pulverize deck - Scourge edition. Does MQ copy the result from one draw of Erratic Explosion or do I reveal twice for two results?
When you copy a spell, you place an exact duplicate of it on the stack (except that it's not a card). The copy will resolve first, revealing cards and dealing damage to it's target. If it had the same target as the original, this could result in lethal damage/0 loyalty/0 life, removing that object from the game and 'fizzling' the target, so that nothing is revealed for damage (as there's nothing to deal damage to). If it's a different target, or if the target survived the first volley, the original Erratic Explosion will resolve, revealing new cards and dealing damage.
November 28, 2020 5:26 p.m.
Thanks #Neoteup that makes sense. You mention Loyalty damage, does this mean target creature or player is now extended to plainswalkers aswell?
November 29, 2020 7 a.m.
Kinda. Any card printed before the release of Dominaria should have received an oracle update to now say "any target," which means target creature, player, or planeswalker. Any card printed Dominaria or later that says "target creature or player," such as Firesong and Sunspeaker, can only hit a creature or player. Cards function off of their current English oracle text found at gatherer.wizards.com. In general there aren't major differences between the printed card and the oracle text, but occasionally there have been large updates, like the Grand Creature Type Update adding creature types to many older creatures, or the Dominaria update changing direct damage to players to also hit planeswalkers.
The Oracle text for Erratic Explosion is:
Choose any target. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Erratic Explosion deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to that permanent or player. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
SphericEl says... #1
BTW Hi there Gathering community, I'm just becoming accustomed to how q&a works. These two cards appeared in the original Pulvarize deck and the rulings on line are unclear regarding copying spells, stating that all values like X and additional casting costs are of the original spell - buts its unclear if Erratic Explosion retains the original reveal for damage delt.
November 28, 2020 11:55 a.m.