If I counter a spell with a Eye of the Storm trigger on the stack, will the instant/sorcery get exiled from the graveyard?
Asked by doodkyle 2 years ago
If I cast Lightning Bolt with Eye of the Storm on the battlefield, eye of the storm triggers, then an opponent casts Counterspell on the lightning bolt, what happens? Does the lightning bolt get exiled from the graveyard, or remain in the graveyard? Will I still get to cast everything exiled with eye of the storm?
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #2
Lightning Bolt will stay in the graveyard. "Cast" triggers are zone change triggers, Eye of the Storm is looking for an instant or sorcery card to be put on the stack. During resolution Lightning Bolt won't be found in the zone it is expected to be in (the stack) and the part of the ability attempting to exile it won't do anything.
Eye of the Storm doesn't target the spell that triggered it and doesn't say "if you do" so you will still copy the exiled spells and will be able to cast the copies.
603.6. Trigger events that involve objects changing zones are called “zone-change triggers.” Many abilities with zone-change triggers attempt to do something to that object after it changes zones. During resolution, these abilities look for the object in the zone that it moved to. If the object is unable to be found in the zone it went to, the part of the ability attempting to do something to the object will fail to do anything. The ability could be unable to find the object because the object never entered the specified zone, because it left the zone before the ability resolved, or because it is in a zone that is hidden from a player, such as a library or an opponent’s hand. (This rule applies even if the object leaves the zone and returns again before the ability resolves.) The most common zone-change triggers are enters-the-battlefield triggers and leaves-the-battlefield triggers.
doodkyle says... #1
To clarify, I'm aware the counterspell will be exiled by eye of the storm and the caster will copy it. Assume that there are no other spells exiled by eye of the storm when I cast lightning bolt.
December 8, 2022 10:24 p.m.