madness ruling

Asked by indieinside 9 months ago

I plan to add Emrakul, the World Anew to my eldrazi deck once it officially comes out but i am not familiar with how madness works.

legendofa says... Accepted answer #1

When you discard a card with madness, you put it into exile instead of your graveyard, then you get a choice. You can put it into your graveyard, and nothing else happens. Or, you can cast it from exile by paying the madness cost. If you choose to cast from exile, it acts like another other cast spell--it goes to the stack and resolve normally.

This still counts as discarding for stuff like Liliana's Caress or Hollow One, even though it doesn't go to the graveyard. Also, older madness cards, like Brain Gorgers, have slightly outdated wording. New madness cards, like Alms of the Vein, have updated wording.

March 2, 2024 8:05 p.m.