Is there a difference between 'cast' and 'play'?
Asked by Bovine073 8 years ago
I notice that one printing of Rift Bolt says 'cast', where the other printing (Time Spiral) Rift Bolt says 'play'.
Was this a keyword changed to another word? Sort of like Slippery Bogle vs. Gladecover Scout? Or something completely different?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
"Play" used to be used generically.
In current templating, "cast" applies only to cards that could be cast as spells (i.e., everything but lands). "Play" means "cast if it's a nonland or play as a special action if it's a land."
Denial048 says... #1
It is to do with a big words change, but I personally don't know much about it as I wasn't playing MtG til afterwards.
But always use the gatherer for Oracle text on cards; in this case, it will use cast.
April 20, 2016 3:07 p.m.