In The Eye Of Chaos and Scepter
Asked by LiquidKid 10 years ago
What happens when Isochron Scepter is activated when In the Eye of Chaos is on the field?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
You get exactly what the cards say. Isochron Scepter says you can cast the copy of the card. If you do, you're casting an Instant spell, so In the Eye of Chaos triggers. The copy will get countered if the mana isn't paid.
April 24, 2015 11:48 a.m.
TheRedMage says... #3
Note that this works differently from other copy effects. For example, imagine you are casting Brainstorm, triggering In the Eye of Chaos, then after the trigger resolves (and you have paid the cost), you cast Dualcaster Mage and target the Brainstorm on the stack with the mage's ability; then the fact that the second Brainstorm has appeared on the stack will not trigger In the Eye of Chaos again.
The key word to look for here is "cast". Isochron Scepter says that it is going to copy the card and then cast the copy (as opposed to Dualcaster Mage, which copies a spell). "Cast" is a loaded word in magic (kinda like "trigger") and you can tell whether something is being cast pretty much by looking for the word "cast" on the effect that is generating it (usually). In the Eye of Chaos looks for objects that are being cast, and Isochron Scepter explicitly uses the word "cast" so it triggers it; most copy effects don't, so they won't.
TheRedMage says... Accepted answer #1
Isochron Scepter casts the imprinted instant (say, Brainstorm) without having you pay the mana cost; In the Eye of Chaos sees that an instant has been cast and triggers; When the trigger resolves, you can pay
. If you do, Brainstorm resolves; if you don't, it's countered.
April 24, 2015 11:47 a.m.